Nice. Maybe they can purchase SoundCloud with the IPO proceeds.
Spotify preps to go public with 60M subscribers
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#32I'm using spotify through mopidy & mopidy-spotify, i can use ncmpcpp to play playlists and search spotify just like a local MPD server with a lot of music, it's excellent.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe elfchief doesn't want chord.wav to play on the hi-fi system, so doesn't set the DAC as the default device
Pretty much this. I have a pair of studio monitors set up for music and tuned for music. Game audio and random youtube videos don't sound so great with that setup, so I don't want it to be my default. Sure, I could change the default every time I fire up Spotify, but that's annoying and I really shouldn't have to do it -- this kind of setup is not that unusual for music lovers, and it's not a difficult feature to add…
Have you heard of this http://www.chevolume.com/
It lets you set an app to use a default audio device, which may solve your issue with spotify. Some apps just ignore it, and only play through the system default though.
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#34I've had Spotify for 5 years or so, and mostly used it to look up songs I already liked, and to create playlists to listen to while studying/working/programming. It was already pretty awesome for that. Then I started checking out the "Related Artist" section, and started discovering new music after such a hiatus of music discovery since my younger years. But where Spotify has really just excelled, and dare I say chan…
I don’t want to start a which is better war but just want to talk about this discovery thread. My favorite thing about using Apple Music has been how much incredible music I have discovered through their playlists and through Beats One especially. I listen to pretty much any genre now and know deeply about the artists and the songs and their purpose. It’s just so incredible. This is a new era of music.
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#35I love Spotify and will happily continue to pay a few bucks a month to use their services. Is going public really their best move though? It really seems logical that Apple would have acquired them by now and just merged them into Apple Music, once again giving Apple control over the online music industry.
There might be legal issues if Apple tried to do that, especially after buying Beats and its streaming service.
I’ve been considering this the past few days. As long as Google is around no one will try and hit Apple with a monopoly on Music. Music is controlled by three companies so it seems purely hypocritical to attack Apple if they decided to take this route.
I don’t think they will by the way just from a theoretical point of view.
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#36Google recently started aggressively marketing Youtube Red. When you watch a youtube video, a small popup asks if you want an ad-free experience, consider upgrading .. This is worrying as Spotify has no moat. Youtube Red is definitely a better value as you ad-free + offline youtube with music. I am a paying Spotify customer and if they improve their client, I might jump ship.
>Youtube Red is definitely a better value
Well, it is not as it is still Google and then you are forced to give them your real identity through payment details.
I understand that many people have already done that by other means but such factors are important for me.
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#37I've had Spotify for 5 years or so, and mostly used it to look up songs I already liked, and to create playlists to listen to while studying/working/programming. It was already pretty awesome for that. Then I started checking out the "Related Artist" section, and started discovering new music after such a hiatus of music discovery since my younger years. But where Spotify has really just excelled, and dare I say chan…
I don’t want to start a which is better war but just want to talk about this discovery thread. My favorite thing about using Apple Music has been how much incredible music I have discovered through their playlists and through Beats One especially. I listen to pretty much any genre now and know deeply about the artists and the songs and their purpose. It’s just so incredible. This is a new era of music.
Google music's radio features (create a radio station from a playlist, song, artist, etc) along with recommendations have had a similar effect for me. I discover new music that I really enjoy all the time.
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#38I wish they would focus on the "Your Library" side of the app & search.
1. Connectivity. I am online, maybe check and retry a few times, rather than tell me I've done something wrong. No other app makes this as painful as Spotify. This makes searching a horrible experience.
2. Visit artist page, visit album page. All these options are hidden behind buttons that say ". . ." Nothing! Browsing through my collection of saved music to find something to listen to should be JOYFUL and fast. Not slow and confusing.
3. I can see what's in my queue, but what did I just listen to? Why is not available in one touch from the same screen?
It seems like their UI has a long way to go. It currently gets in the way of an otherwise excellent experience.
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#39$10 a month for a never-ending stream of joy, nostalgia and discovery. The easiest purchase I'll ever make.
In addition to all that, Spotify never bugs me. Discover weekly lands every Monday without fanfare, I rarely if ever receive an email, and - with the exception of some licencing issues - the library of music just keeps expanding. So yeah, hurrah for their growth.
One question though: what happened with the purchase of Soundwave? I'm guessing some of their ideas went into making Discover weekly as good as it is.
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#40Google recently started aggressively marketing Youtube Red. When you watch a youtube video, a small popup asks if you want an ad-free experience, consider upgrading .. This is worrying as Spotify has no moat. Youtube Red is definitely a better value as you ad-free + offline youtube with music. I am a paying Spotify customer and if they improve their client, I might jump ship.
For me, Spotify's moat is the music that keeps on playing when I lock my phone.