Very nice update, but local files don't work on linux/under wine: http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/spotify_under_wine... That's a bit of a letdown, especially since it's intentional.
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#22Very nice update, but local files don't work on linux/under wine: http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/spotify_under_wine... That's a bit of a letdown, especially since it's intentional.
From the link you provided, it's a bug with WINE's MP3 decoder. How is that intentional?
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#24It seems like quite a lot of tracks has disappeared in this update as well. :/
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#25I love Spotify and think it's an amazing service, but have recently started wondering if it's just as bad for artists as AllOfMp3. After reading about Lady Gaga earning close to nothing for 1 million plays, I'm not sure if it's a service that we should continue to support that much. If 1 million plays don't earn you any money, what's the incentive for less well-known artists? http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta…
This is the picture you really want to see:
"How much do music artists make online"
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/how-much-do-music...
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#26Very nice update, but local files don't work on linux/under wine: http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/spotify_under_wine... That's a bit of a letdown, especially since it's intentional.
From the link you provided, it's a bug with WINE's MP3 decoder. How is that intentional?
Wine's mp3 decoder doesn't work in some cases, including some mp3 files by Spotify's partners[1]. Because the decoder didn't work for some mp3 files, they are actively blocking wine's mp3 decoder for all mp3 files.
[1] I agree this is a pretty solid business reason to block it, but it's still intentional.
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#27Great looking update. I'm very excited to try Spotify once it comes to the US (hopefully sometime this year?).
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#28Great look at the new featureset. Thanks! Can’t wait to try it out
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#29Spotify doesn't seem to work where I live, so I use Grooveshark instead. Grooveshark has a gigantic library of music and instant streaming. Recommendation engine works well, and you can explore the playlists of other users to discover new music. I'm not sure how Grooveshark can stream music to everybody for free (or almost free for pro users), but as long as it exists I'll be a happy user.
I wasn't familiar with Grooveshark, and I'm having trouble figuring out their licensing arrangement.
For example, they have quite a few tunes by Pink Floyd, who have instructed EMI to keep their music off of iTunes, Spotify, and all other sites which would allow "per-song" downloading or streaming-- they want to keep the integrity of the albums intact.
This, coupled with the bits of the Grooveshark FAQ like "All of the music on Grooveshark is uploaded by the users!" makes me think that Grooveshark is not long for this world, once the RIAA discovers them.
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#30I won't be using Spotify. Spotify is partly owned by the music industry, who acquired their shareholding not by stumping up money like the other investors, but by threatening them with lawsuits unless they were given free shares. (As an aside, wanna guess what percentage of profits the music industry make out of this will go to musicians? I suspect fuck all).
Iniquitous as that is, it's not my reason for boycotting Spotify. The reason is that the music industry want to destroy my freedom, and helping them in any way makes it easier for them to do this. They want to be judge, jury and executioner over anyone's right to have an internet connection, and they want all computing hardware to be locked down like the iPad.
Well I don't want that future. And if you don't want it too, I suggest you never buy anything from the RIAA/IFPI, and explain to all your friends why it's in their interests not to either.