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Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by estel »

timmaah wrote: post #61
estel wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Second item in the left-hand navigation pane.

Possibly only for paid accounts? On the Mac app, the 2nd item is "Play Queue". "What's new" is first and "Inbox" is third.

Ahh yes, that would explain it.

http://www.spotify.com/us/get-spotify/free/

This table shows that it's only available for paid accounts.

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by jsherry »

markng wrote: post #62
jsherry wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have been using Spotify in the US in closed beta as well for over a month, so just wanted to give my two cents on these points. I will respond in order: 1.The ads on the free plan are obtrusive, but it's free. I didn't find them any more obtrusive than Pandora's ads. That said, I love the service and wanted to take it mobile, so I upgraded to premium, so I'm no longer hearing ads. 2.I didn't experience disappearing…

The "disappearing playlist" the parent refers to is a licensing issue, not a technical one, as far as I could tell. When I was in the UK (now in the US), whole artists catalogs would go missing all at once. I eventually stopped paying for the service because of this (it wiped out about 10% of the content from my playlists).

This is great insight: something I haven't experienced and therefore didn't address in my original response to the parent. Thanks.

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by forza »

markng wrote: post #62
jsherry wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have been using Spotify in the US in closed beta as well for over a month, so just wanted to give my two cents on these points. I will respond in order: 1.The ads on the free plan are obtrusive, but it's free. I didn't find them any more obtrusive than Pandora's ads. That said, I love the service and wanted to take it mobile, so I upgraded to premium, so I'm no longer hearing ads. 2.I didn't experience disappearing…

The "disappearing playlist" the parent refers to is a licensing issue, not a technical one, as far as I could tell. When I was in the UK (now in the US), whole artists catalogs would go missing all at once. I eventually stopped paying for the service because of this (it wiped out about 10% of the content from my playlists).

Correct, this was probably the biggest "disappearing playlist" event: http://www.spotify.com/us/blog/archives/2009/01/28/some-impo...

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by jwarzech »

alopes wrote: post #53

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Thanks for sharing the invites!

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by jwarzech »

mhp wrote: post #15

Is this pretty much the same thing as Rhapsody, or am I missing the significant difference?

I have been wondering the same thing. Learning about Spotify (and finding out it wasn't available in the US) led me to a paid Rhapsody account. However if the UI is better and selection about the same I'd probably jump in a hearbeat.
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