Comments on: Apple Lets Spotify Into Its App Store

By: ripspotify

ripspotify — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:59:49 +0000

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.

By: Turk

Turk — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:51:15 +0000

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.

By: Napster CEO and President Dismissed by Best Buy – GigaOM

Napster CEO and President Dismissed by Best Buy – GigaOM — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:37:31 +0000

[...] shrinking as of last summer. Moreover, its mobile strategy has lagged behind others whose mobile apps allow on-demand streams, although Gorog still writes that streams are “coming soon!” to [...]

By: How Apple’s New Music Strategy Reflects a Paradigm Shift – GigaOM

How Apple’s New Music Strategy Reflects a Paradigm Shift – GigaOM — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:22:21 +0000

[...] limitations of the company’s own hardware. Apple has accepted subscription-based ones like Spotify’s and Rhapsody’s, but may have drawn the line at Lala’s long-teased app, which was to [...]

By: Check-up Time for Digital Music

Check-up Time for Digital Music — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:20:16 +0000

[...] the coming months. And a series of mobile music applications that compete indirectly with the iPod were approved by the very company that makes the device. So it seems like a good time to assess the [...]

By: Spotify Is the New Napster – But Which One?

Spotify Is the New Napster – But Which One? — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:56:48 +0000

[...] that paid users will also have access to streaming songs via its mobile applications, including a recently approved iPhone app. Add in Spotify’s mobile caching function, which will make songs available offline, [...]

By: Rhapsody App for iPhone Approved, Available Now

Rhapsody App for iPhone Approved, Available Now — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:11:34 +0000

[...] Etherington and No one has commented Across the pond, our European neighbors have been enjoying Spotify for some time now. It’s only fair that Apple should continue on in that vein and approve [...]

By: Facebook’s fbFund Startups Spend the Day Pitching for More Dollars

Facebook’s fbFund Startups Spend the Day Pitching for More Dollars — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:33:45 +0000

[...] are hot right now. Look no further than MySpace’s purchase of iLike and the buzz around Spotify’s upcoming iPhone app for proof. Two months since Friend Radio’s inception, it has 20,000 active [...]

By: Johnny Dangerously

Johnny Dangerously — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:31:56 +0000

At least this should help make way for the Rhapsody iPhone app approval!