Comments on: Revealed: Spotify’s US launch dates, price plans

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:24:58 +0000

Personally, i think that sites that gives the video clip with the music are the next thing in this industry. for example, check out nice site I recently came across with: ListnPlay (http://www.listnplay.com).

By: joe

joe — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:55:13 +0000

Why would you compare Google Music, iCloud to Spotify (and Netflix). You are mixing up cloud models. As noted in the comments, Spotify is similar to Rhapsody (or Zune.net).

There comes a tipping point where people give up valuing music they already paid for as the excuse for continuing to pay by the song (which is an insane model)…at that point, streaming services that do a good job mixing in your downloaded music will take over and over time you’ll stop caring and find it annoying that you have to continue to file manage downloaded music.

Streaming music — like Netflix with streaming movies — WILL win eventually.

By: Bart Garbiak

Bart Garbiak — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:51:48 +0000

It works as intented. Sometimes that’s the toughest thing to do, usually it’s enough to stand out.
Also – except if you’re able to listen to any “noise in the background” – the ability to listen to any music at any time dramatically improves the quality of your everyday life. Personally, I can’t imagine myself going back to CDs, mp3s, iTunes, etc. and if I sometimes have to (becaue no all the tracks are available on Spotify) – the experience is so painful it actually affects my reception of music, in a bad way.

By: Paul Preece

Paul Preece — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:58:35 +0000

Lots of little things make it special. Tracks starting playing back instantly, and I mean < 1 sec. Offline mode for mobile. A streaming mobile implementation that actually works (looking at you Rhapsody). Good music discoverability. A fast responsive desktop app. A very large catalog. It just works.

By: Lanix

Lanix — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:57:27 +0000

Is just me or is really the Spotify catalogue not that good (Sweden)? I got Unlimited some weeks ago (as Free/Open is just trial really now) and have finally added my whole music collection. It’s practically 50/50. ~1000 songs from Spotify and ~1000 I had to add to local files. It feels kinda pointless.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:09:21 +0000

All major labels have a stake in Spotify as well – which is interesting. The service has only been premium for the mobile client and/or commercial free. THey have recently put limits on data amount and playcounts/month on the free and medium subscription. They were also early out with FB integration so no surprise that they would be FB’s service of choice for a music dashboard.

By: D Dantiano Ferrell

D Dantiano Ferrell — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:20:58 +0000

I just don’t see the big deal about this service… what’s so special?

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:50:36 +0000

It’s very popular in Silicon Valley circles because they made it so a few years ago. Effectively, this is Rhapsody/Mog/Rdio/Slacker. It’s actually not a special service at all, although the free ad-supported thing was unique for some time. It’s been so nerfed it’s basically nothing more than a teaser at this point.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:31:27 +0000

The buzz in Europe was the size of the catalogue and the (until recently) fact that the service was entirely free. Any significant inroads are now severely hampered by the fact that $120 a year is a long way from free. Even so at that price it’s going to provide amazing value if you listen to music while you work and want to listen to all those albums you never purchased.

Let’s just see if the selection is as broad as in Europe. Here’s hoping.