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Spotify says hello to the iPod
- lordmatty 15y agoIs this officially licensed from Apple? If not..how long will Apple let it stand?
- thailandstartup 15y agoApple's number 1 priority is getting iTunes&cruft onto every computer their products touch. It won't be long before they put an end to this blasphemy.
- nailer 15y agoApple's priority is to sell hardware. Spotify is simply another great app.
- thailandstartup 15y agoYou'd think it would be wouldn't you? It's not. It's all about iTunes for Apple.
- balac 15y agoWhat's interesting is that now the mobile apps are available for free users, I'm sorry to say that they are going to lose I little of my money as this was my primary reason for paying for spotify.
- ThomPete 15y agoI know this is your choice. But seriously. Why not pay for such a great service? Why quible over such a low price? You might be different than most people. But paying 20USD for a couple of bears and drinks is nothing yet when it comes to pay for music ad libitum people suddenly become very aware of their money. I am not casting any blame, just interested in why people rationalize like that.
- qq66 15y agoHe was paying for mobile access. If mobile access is now free, that means he is donating $20 to Spotify if he keeps paying. The question turns into, "Why is Spotify more worthy than any other organization, for-profit or non-profit, of my $20 donation?"
- ThomPete 15y agoBecause of the value they provide you?
- joesb 15y agoPersonally, I don't want to blur the line between paying and donating. If you want to make business out of something, price it. I'm not going to "donate" if you are not some non-profit charity organization. But I'll gladly "pay" the same amount. Business accepting donation feels like a convenient way for them to deny responsibility because, they didn't sell me anything, even if socially people will tell me to "donate".
- estel 15y agoWell, given the other restrictions that Spotify imposed this month on the Free Spotify accounts, I can't see myself limiting myself to those restrictions any time soon, hence why I'm Premium.
- sleepyhead 15y agoMobile access is not free. It is only a player for music you have bought.
- bergie 15y agoI'm a happy paying Spotify user. While for the time I actually listen to music the 20 USD per month is quite a bit, the fact that I was able to get rid of all my CDs and MP3s makes it worth it. Music on demand
- Torkel 15y ago"paying 20USD for a couple of bears and drinks is nothing yet when it comes to pay for music" One geek, two bears and lots of drinks - what a sight :)
- michael_dorfman 15y agoAh, but remember that the free version now only allows you to play each song five times per month. I'm delighted with Spotify Premium, and will gladly go on paying for it.
- balac 15y agoThat's a valid point, last time I used the free account this restriction was not there. This kind of limit makes the free account feel more like a trial account, maybe they won't lose my money after all...
- goatforce5 15y agoI'd love to buy a Spotify Premium account, particularly with the new restrictions on the Free and Open accounts, but the only UK credit card I have is a company card - it won't let me buy an account with my personal non-UK card. I'm this close to buying it on the company card and letting the accountant be cross with me at the end of the year (Hey, I need entertainment when working, right?).
- goatforce5 15y agoHere's one way of doing it that supposedly works: http://www.reddit.com/r/spotify/comments/fjaqk/anyone_willing_to_get_me_a_gift_card_for_spotify/ http://www.reddit.com/r/spotify/comments/fjaqk/anyone_willin...
- ElliotH 15y agoYou still can't sync songs you don't own. If you become a free user then any music you just 'made available offline' won't be accessible to you any longer.
- parbo 15y agoYou can only play synced mp3's in the free version, not stream music.
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- PanMan 15y agoSounds great. However, it seems only music you bought, and MP3's from your own computer can be synced. As far as I see you can't sync tracks offline without buying them, as you can with the mobile apps (when you are a premium subscriber). That would be awesome. It probably won't work because the iPod only plays music with no, or apple-only DRM. :(
- gustaf 15y agoI've used Spotify since fall of 2008. It's hands down the most amazing music service out there. Everyone that have I've showed it to pretty much fell in love with it. Until today Spotify's mobile apps have only been available to premium subs. With this you can throw out iTunes and sync with your iPhone, Android etc. Sync over Wi-fi and playlist management is way simpler than iTunes.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoDo they have a web version, though? I'd much rather not have to download a client.
- socksy 15y agoIt's a peer to peer program, storing local copies of songs (in an obsfucated format you can't access), so it really needs some kind of local presence.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoWhy not File API with fallback to Flash?
- timdorr 15y agoSounds like you want GrooveShark: http://groveshark.com http://groveshark.com
- JCB_K 15y agoSpotify seems to really focus on playlists in their marketing, but I don't see people around me using them that much. They just see Spotify as their iTunes catalogue, but just with a lot more music in it.
- hokkos 15y agoPlaylists are horrible, Spotify still lack a Genre > Artist > Album view.
- Qerub 15y agoI agree completely. This is the main issue that keeps me using iTunes even though I'm a Spotify Premium subscriber. Somebody added a ticket about this on Spotify's Get Satisfaction page: http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/more_advanced_library http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/more_advanced_libr... -- let's go there and vote/like! :)
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoThat was my experience when I used it (about a year ago now). I couldn't add artists to my "collection", I could only create playlists, which led to clutter and wasn't very elegant. Personally Rdio does everything I would want.
- hitonagashi 15y agoSpotify is one of two applications that my family have discovered and use regularly without me recommending it. The other is Dropbox.
- MikeKusold 15y agoIs the app available to people in the US? Last I heard, Spotify was having issues reaching a deal with US record labels.