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I use rdio over spotify for one reason: music discovery. It is much easier to find new releases and new artists on radio because they have a large dedicated ne
by username111 14y ago
I use rdio over spotify for one reason: music discovery.
It is much easier to find new releases and new artists on radio because they have a large dedicated new releases section which is updated weekly and ranked by popularity.
The radio option isn't something I use much but I find rdio works okay and spotify only works well for very popular music and bases itself completely off of artists so if you get some slow songs from rather not slow artists and start a radio you won't get any better an experience than rdio.
Rdio search also is much much faster on my phone than spotify which tends to hang forever.
I switch back and forth every few months to see if spotify has improved but it seems that rdio improves at a rate of 10x more than spotify because in the month that I try spotify rdio has already updated apps and web player to something that works better (see the ability to control rdio from any rdio app to the one that is playing).
- catshirt 14y agoSpotify solves this two ways: 1. notifications for new releases (not sure what criteria solidifies future notifications, but works well for me) 2. apps. there are a ton of Spotify apps, and i believe all of them revolve around discovery. many of which alone are dedicated to ranked new releases (the Billboard app probably being the largest). both of these methods work well for me... obviously, ymmv.
- joeblossom 14y agoRdio does #1, and has the ability for #2, although I'm not sure if there are many apps consuming Rdio's API.
- ajtaylor 14y agoI've been using TuneIn internet radio stations for new music discovery. It's definitely more random, but I've found many new artists to listen to when just flipping through the stations.