Apple Lets Spotify Into Its App Store
Music lovers on the go, rejoice! Apple has apparently let Spotify, which enables users to instantly stream entire albums and share custom playlists, put an app in the iTunes App Store. The decision comes a week after it was confirmed that Hutchinson Wampoa Chairman Li Ka-Shing participated in Spotify’s recent financing round and took a stake in the European company.
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At least this should help make way for the Rhapsody iPhone app approval!
Just wait for icloud’s app on iphone. You’ll be able to access Grooveshark while “working in the cloud” simultaneously. No worries about annoying audio ads.
Or better yet, get a free account at icloud.com and start streaming Grooveshark’s free music from any computer.
Subscription does make more sense, but I know personally I would not choose subscription instead of actually owning something – it would have to be in addition to.
For a start, 99% of my music is stored as FLAC so streaming OGG is no comparison. Also, all these online services have a nasty habit of removing tracks unexpectedly which is unacceptable if it happens to be on your favourite playlist.
There simply is not the same security streaming from someone elses server compared to your own.