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Spotify makes an amazing product. I went from spending hundreds a year on CDs and MP3s to just paying their subscription fee. It's like Netflix for music, excep
by madsushi 13y ago
Spotify makes an amazing product. I went from spending hundreds a year on CDs and MP3s to just paying their subscription fee. It's like Netflix for music, except they actually have EVERYTHING you want and it's there the minute it comes out in stores.
- samolang 13y agoI love Spotify, but they don't have EVERYTHING. Most notably they're missing The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
- makmanalp 13y agoAnd Tool. I think it's a conscious decision on part of those bands / rightsholders since they know that fans will go buy their music anyway, so they don't have to settle for the cheap stream fees.
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- mwilcox 13y agoThis is why I like Google Play Music, you can upload 20,000 of your own songs to fill in the gaps (which are increasingly few and far between)
- veverkap 13y agoI have Google Play and Spotify. I typically play local files through Spotify and that fills in the blanks as well.
- sbrother 13y agoAnd Thom Yorke. Which doesn't stop them from telling me "You haven't listened to much Thom Yorke recently, want to now?".
- madsushi 13y agoI should've said "EVERYTHING.... that I like to listen to". There are definitely gaps.
- mcone 13y agoHonestly, I still think Rdio has a better product.
- tcoppi 13y agoWhy do you think it is better? I recently started subscribing to Spotify, and really the only thing I could tell that was meaningfully different between them, Rdio, and Google Play Music was that Spotify has a native client on every platform I use.
- dominotw 13y agoJust compare streaming on mobile apps side by side you would know how terrible rdio is.
- bithive123 13y agoI have and I regret to inform you that your opinion is wrong. Things that Rdio does better than Spotify: - Ability to assemble a collection of albums instead of just playlists. - Ability to use the client on one device to control another, without having to configure anything.
- dominotw 13y agoI regret to inform you that you are a moron. Did you even read my statement? I am specifically talking about 'streaming'.
- dominotw 13y agoAfter using Rdio for 2 years I 've finally decided to move on ( to spotify). Here are the reasons why 1. Iphone app : a)one my major complaints was that the app never recovers from spotty connection. When network goes down music goes down which is expected ( kind of , why doesnt the app buffer music?) but when network comes back music never comes back. b) Non existent buffering: Please take a leaf from pandora's book and look at how fast their music streams under spotty(any) connection. I kept thinking 'hey they are new, they'll figure it out soon', but nothing after 2 years. c) App keeps crashing: i've had several incidents where app crashes and never recovers so i have to completely uninstall and reinstall the app ( and re download al the offline music). unacceptable. The app i have now on my phone crashes every time when it comes up( which was kind of the final straw). I can send you crash logs if you want. 2. Desktop App: Super flakey. It is gone for hours every-couple of days. All I see is a blank screen ( right click reload does nothing) . There was more than one occasion where I had to completly uninstall and reinstall the app. I could go on forever, but it boils down to this - stop doing constant/minor/useless UI improvements, UI is not as important as you guys think it is, if the apps are barely functional.