is canada still shunned? or will it launch here with the US launch?
I'm wondering the same thing... No word in the news about Canada
This will likely never happen.
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#22Grooveshark already does everything listed. And it's been available in the USA for years. The only problem is their iPhone app has been continuously rejected by Apple so they've been forced to publish for iOS on Cydia's store for jailbroken apps. That and licensing/litigation issues with some large recording companies. They have deals with a few and have been through court with others.
Grooveshark is user uploaded which means duplicates, fakes, bad tagging (so the "same" song might have widely different total times). Use Grooveshark if you like trial/error in your music listening.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can't really upload tracks, as in upload to the cloud. You can only import tracks into the client so that you don't need another media player to play them.
You can upload tracks to the cloud, but you can only play them with a Spotify client. Further: if the track is in the GraceNote database, you can share the track (via a playlist) with friends on Spotify.
To clarify if I upload a few track from my home computer that Spotify does not have a license to, I can then play these tracks later on my phone?
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#24Grooveshark already does everything listed. And it's been available in the USA for years. The only problem is their iPhone app has been continuously rejected by Apple so they've been forced to publish for iOS on Cydia's store for jailbroken apps. That and licensing/litigation issues with some large recording companies. They have deals with a few and have been through court with others.
I have no idea why it doesn't get more attention. Inferior marketing department, I suppose.
I don't think Grooveshark is a very good product, but I'm not crazy about Spotify either. Last time I used Spotify (about a year ago) they didn't even have the ability save albums to a collection or library. You could only create playlists which turned into terrible UI once you had more than a few. Not having a web interface is also a major minus in my book.
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#25Grooveshark already does everything listed. And it's been available in the USA for years. The only problem is their iPhone app has been continuously rejected by Apple so they've been forced to publish for iOS on Cydia's store for jailbroken apps. That and licensing/litigation issues with some large recording companies. They have deals with a few and have been through court with others.
I have no idea why it doesn't get more attention. Inferior marketing department, I suppose.
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#26Grooveshark already does everything listed. And it's been available in the USA for years. The only problem is their iPhone app has been continuously rejected by Apple so they've been forced to publish for iOS on Cydia's store for jailbroken apps. That and licensing/litigation issues with some large recording companies. They have deals with a few and have been through court with others.
Grooveshark is great and since moving the US I've used it a lot. Where I think Spotify wins out over Grooveshark is the quality of their music library. I frequently find that albums on Grooveshark are missing tracks, in the incorrect order, or are incorrectly named. I guess it's a little thing but it feels like a big difference.
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#27A couple of questions to Spotify users: What advantages does Spotify have over Rdio? Can Spotify be used as a streaming service and a digital locker for tracks they don't have?
You cannot upload tracks to Rdio
I am aware. I am just wondering if an Rdio/Amazon Music mashup service exists.
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#28A couple of questions to Spotify users: What advantages does Spotify have over Rdio? Can Spotify be used as a streaming service and a digital locker for tracks they don't have?
Im not sure since I've never used Rdio. But here is what I love about spotify (I am a premium subscriber for a laughable fee of £10 per month for all the ad-free music I want). - The collection is enormous, and newly released albums become available pretty quickly. There are of course artists who are not available but there is so much out there its insane. - The speed. Since its pretty much legalized P2P, I never nee…
The most important: Audio quality. If you have a paid Spotify subscription, you get 320kbps ogg streams (when they're available).
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#29A couple of questions to Spotify users: What advantages does Spotify have over Rdio? Can Spotify be used as a streaming service and a digital locker for tracks they don't have?
Im not sure since I've never used Rdio. But here is what I love about spotify (I am a premium subscriber for a laughable fee of £10 per month for all the ad-free music I want). - The collection is enormous, and newly released albums become available pretty quickly. There are of course artists who are not available but there is so much out there its insane. - The speed. Since its pretty much legalized P2P, I never nee…
> And also, yes I can index my local catalogue (but the local tracks are not available on other machines/devices).
They sync just fine to my phone and iPod, so long as they are in playlists.
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#30A couple of questions to Spotify users: What advantages does Spotify have over Rdio? Can Spotify be used as a streaming service and a digital locker for tracks they don't have?
I'm a former Spotify user. Rdio is better. The thing I disliked about Spotify was there wasn't a way to save an album or song to a collection or library. You could only create a playlist which lived in the left pane. So if you had 1 artist you liked you might have 5 different playlists for 5 different albums. Do this for a few artists and it quickly turns into an innavigable nightmare.
Also, it doesn't have a web interface.