Comments on: 5 Reasons I’m Still Not Paying for a Music Subscription Service

By: Charles Goin

Charles Goin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:51:10 +0000

Let me say with the new Windows Phone and Zune.. its a no brainer.. I can’t believe how much music I have on my computer now. I find a new artist I can download all thier stuff, and try it all out. Yes there are gaps in some music availablity. I.e. AC/DC and BOb Seger have yet to get on ANY of the sites.. (iTunes included). But I just pop those CDs into my computer Zune rips them and puts them in my collection. They also seem to hav a large colelction of indy music too.. which is also awesome.

By: Sony May Be Tuning In Too Late to Streaming Music Subscriptions « Music News Online

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:46:15 +0000

[...] some, music subscriptions carry a number of flaws, as noted on a Gigaom.com post, including an insufficient selection of music, despite some services touting millions, upon [...]

By: Google Music: Cloud-based Locker, Streaming and Downloads «

Google Music: Cloud-based Locker, Streaming and Downloads « — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:00:55 +0000

[...] music fans, others don’t like the holes that exist in their libraries, and many users still prefer to own and keep their music on their own computers rather than relying on the cloud. Apple’s [...]

By: Rdio Now Broadcasting to Everyone: Here’s How it Stacks Up

Rdio Now Broadcasting to Everyone: Here’s How it Stacks Up — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 04:02:49 +0000

[...] cloud-based services will suddenly prompt people to rent music rather than own it, and have cited several reasons why the new services have left me a little cold. That said, Rdio has just addressed one of my [...]

By: MOG Finally Goes Mobile With New iPhone, Android Apps

MOG Finally Goes Mobile With New iPhone, Android Apps — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:03:31 +0000

[...] MOG represents an increasingly attractive standalone offering, even if consumers have historically never demonstrated all that much desire to subscribe to a music library. Instead, it could be a viable takeover target, as a mobile music [...]

By: Rdio’s Silence Ends As Skype Founders Launch Music Subscription Service

Rdio’s Silence Ends As Skype Founders Launch Music Subscription Service — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:03:42 +0000

[...] already written about some of my frustrations with cloud-based music services, and Rdio doesn’t solve all of my issues concerning [...]

By: lacoste

lacoste — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:56:09 +0000

I understand, that this article is primarily about music moving into the cloud but hear me out. First, your second gripe about not being able to merge songs you want to stream with songs you own is negated. The Zune software does this effortlessly. All the music is stored in your Zune library just as if you own every track even though that isn’t the case.

By: Dean E

Dean E — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:53:06 +0000

.Zune.Pass.Uber.Alles.

By: Rhapsody, Now Independent, Reboots With a Price Cut

Rhapsody, Now Independent, Reboots With a Price Cut — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:01:40 +0000

[...] and Viacom possess equal minority stakes, Rhapsody also said today that it will offer a $10 monthly subscription service in an effort to better compete with several innovative and inexpensive rivals that have sprung up [...]

By: Eleven Krause

Eleven Krause — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:50:50 +0000

I subscribed to Rhapsody for several months but recently cancelled it. At home, I have a Mac which doesn't work with Rhapsody online. However, for me the iPhone app was what convinced me to dive in. The iPhone app is buggy. For example, new music in the browse section is often not updated for weeks, although that issue has improved. Reception was a problem for me. Often, I would get thrown out of the program, and often, I couldn't log-in (or if I did, log-in was very slow. On my iPhone, when I use the iPod, ican play the music and use other apps at the same time. But not with rhapsody. So I cancelled, learn about new artists from iTunes and Pandora, buy music when I have to have it, and go to artist myspace pages for free listens.