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Days after its demise, Grooveshark is back

33 points by denzil_correa 12y ago

PhasmaFelis 12y ago
I've been told that this is actually just stolen Grooveshark livery slapped on an existing sketchy MP3 search engine, possible with bonus malware. It's late and I haven't tested it myself, though.
- giodamelio 12y ago
  I browsed around for a few minutes, and I think you are right about that. The search is horrible, and the catalog is nothing like it used to be.
- yAnonymous 12y ago
  >malware If anything, the site looks optimized and malware-free. Use of JS is very limited and it doesn't load any external resources.
- sjfldk 12y ago
  Looks like at least some of the tracks are being grabbed from http://pleer.com/ http://pleer.com/
- zimbatm 12y ago
  Grooveshark is also a good delivery target for Flash-based exploits since the music player also depends on it. I remember times where some sketchy ads would crash the flash plugin consistently.
nevot 12y ago
It certainly has that feeling. ╰─$ whois grooveshark.io Domain : grooveshark.io Status : Live Expiry : 2016-05-02 NS 1 : ian.ns.cloudflare.com NS 2 : melissa.ns.cloudflare.com Owner : Vita Tkach Owner : Teatral'na st. 21/8 Owner : Vinnytsia Owner : Ukraine Owner : UA Check for 'grooveshark.ac' --- http://www.nic.ac/go/whois/grooveshark.ac Check for 'grooveshark.sh' --- http://www.nic.sh/go/whois/grooveshark.sh
- StavrosK 12y ago
  Looks legit.
- colkito 12y ago
  I did the same test. I feel the same.
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ncza 12y ago
This is a scam, how can bgr.com post this...
- rrss1122 12y ago
  The quotes they got from their source "Shark" are hilarious. They're being worked hook, line, and sinker.
personjerry 12y ago
Does anyone feel inevitable that the music streaming apps are all going to collapse into one? And I feel that it's going to be Spotify, based on how things look right now. Pandora and Grooveshark seem to be far behind in popularity.
- rrss1122 12y ago
  Spotify is far behind Google Play in my opinion. The biggest difference is Google actually has money it can pour into music and doesn't have to raise funds. Google Play and whatever Apple chooses to do with Beats Music have a better chance at being that one music service than Spotify.

33 points by denzil_correa 12y ago

I've been told that this is actually just stolen Grooveshark livery slapped on an existing sketchy MP3 search engine, possible with bonus malware. It's late and I haven't tested it myself, though.

giodamelio 12y ago
I browsed around for a few minutes, and I think you are right about that. The search is horrible, and the catalog is nothing like it used to be.
yAnonymous 12y ago
>malware If anything, the site looks optimized and malware-free. Use of JS is very limited and it doesn't load any external resources.
sjfldk 12y ago
Looks like at least some of the tracks are being grabbed from http://pleer.com/ http://pleer.com/
zimbatm 12y ago
Grooveshark is also a good delivery target for Flash-based exploits since the music player also depends on it. I remember times where some sketchy ads would crash the flash plugin consistently.

nevot 12y ago

It certainly has that feeling. ╰─$ whois grooveshark.io Domain : grooveshark.io Status : Live Expiry : 2016-05-02 NS 1 : ian.ns.cloudflare.com NS 2 : melissa.ns.cloudflare.com Owner : Vita Tkach Owner : Teatral'na st. 21/8 Owner : Vinnytsia Owner : Ukraine Owner : UA Check for 'grooveshark.ac' --- http://www.nic.ac/go/whois/grooveshark.ac Check for 'grooveshark.sh' --- http://www.nic.sh/go/whois/grooveshark.sh

StavrosK 12y ago
Looks legit.
colkito 12y ago
I did the same test. I feel the same.

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ncza 12y ago

This is a scam, how can bgr.com post this...

rrss1122 12y ago
The quotes they got from their source "Shark" are hilarious. They're being worked hook, line, and sinker.

personjerry 12y ago

Does anyone feel inevitable that the music streaming apps are all going to collapse into one? And I feel that it's going to be Spotify, based on how things look right now. Pandora and Grooveshark seem to be far behind in popularity.

rrss1122 12y ago
Spotify is far behind Google Play in my opinion. The biggest difference is Google actually has money it can pour into music and doesn't have to raise funds. Google Play and whatever Apple chooses to do with Beats Music have a better chance at being that one music service than Spotify.