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The Echo Nest Joins Spotify
- untog 13y agoI'm a little conflicted about this. The Echo Nest is amazing and does the kinds of things with music analysis that I can only dream of doing, so I wish them every success in the world. But up until now they've been a fantastic independent force, not attaching themselves to any single music provider. You could use their APIs with Rdio, GrooveShark, whatever you felt like. I'm concerned that will no longer be the case.
- whirlycott1 13y agoIt's a venture funded business. There are only three outcomes: sell, go public or crash. What were you expecting? They also said their API will stay up: http://blog.echonest.com/post/78749300941/the-echo-nest-joins-spotify http://blog.echonest.com/post/78749300941/the-echo-nest-join...
- untog 13y ago...sell to someone that isn't Spotify?
- JangoSteve 13y agoAny company that has both the economic ability and incentive to acquire The Echo Nest would have the same potential to be one-sided in their acquisition as Spotify.
- andrewcooke 13y agoabsolutely nothing on the future of the public api.
- allbutlost 13y ago"The Echo Nest API will remain free and open to support its robust developer ecosystem." http://the.echonest.com/pressreleases/spotify-acquires-echo-nest/ http://the.echonest.com/pressreleases/spotify-acquires-echo-...
- radley 13y agoWhich means at least a year. Maybe two. Then there will be... changes. Little ones at first. Happens every time.
- andrewcooke 13y agogreat! thanks for digging that up.