Comments on: Popular Web radio giant Pandora implements ads

By: Shammer

Shammer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:11 +0000

Pandora makes me feel like I’m in a constant music video!

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:49:37 +0000

Dave Zatz, rating is not how Pandora works. They have the music genome technology that can take any song and accurately build a playlist that is amazingly like your song. Nobody else can do it the way Pandora does and why they are so popular.

By: Pam T.

Pam T. — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:04:23 +0000

I’m boycotting Pandora. As much as I loved the service, I’m furious that my husband, an iPhone user on AT&T wireless’s network can access the app for free, while I, a WinMo phone user, must pay a $7.99 per month subscription fee ON THE SAME NETWORK.

I find this discrimination really, really annoying. A further example is how iPhone users can access AT&T wi-fi hotspots for free, but other AT&T wireless users with wi-fi capable phones can not. I just don’t get it. It makes me want to dump their service.

By: vw

vw — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:18:01 +0000

I would pay an annual fee if they would release a decent VGA WM client.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:23 +0000

Slacker also lets you rate and band artists/songs.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:23:34 +0000

Luscious, Pandora has technology that only plays music like other music you indicate you like. I can’t remember the last time Pandora played a song I wanted to skip. That technology is what sets them apart from other web radio stations.

By: Luscious

Luscious — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:20:39 +0000

I wonder if the paid version lets you skip songs indefinitely. I don’t mind the ads that much, but the problem with pay radio in the past was that they either went bust, increased their low rates, or made changes later that ruined the listening experience.

I used to love listening to cyberadio2000 and launchcast plus. One went bust and the other took away features that made it great.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:02:13 +0000

Audio ads aren’t new, but they are new to the iPhone platform. They introduced them on the Sonos and/or Squeezebox products. They do seem less frequent than the ads on Slacker, but I’ve been spending most of my time with Slacker recently. Especially since I discovered they have an explicit comedy channel.

By: timothy

timothy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:37:03 +0000

Guess they didn’t leave an ad in the free version notifying people that there was an ad-free paid version available.