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Spotify vs the US Competition

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Re: Spotify vs the US Competition

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Post by chrischen »

earbitscom wrote: post #2

Can we subtract 1-2 points from Grooveshark for their questionable legal tactics? Awesome comparison, Chris. This should be the go to page used to respond to any question about these services.

I wanted to rate them for their features but yea I guess I should mention that Grooveshark could just disappear one day with all your playlists.

Re: Spotify vs the US Competition

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Post by earbitscom »

chrischen wrote: post #3
earbitscom wrote: post #2

Can we subtract 1-2 points from Grooveshark for their questionable legal tactics? Awesome comparison, Chris. This should be the go to page used to respond to any question about these services.

I wanted to rate them for their features but yea I guess I should mention that Grooveshark could just disappear one day with all your playlists.

Actually, yeah...stability of the company for a service where you have to put a lot of work in to have a good experience might as well be a rating.

Re: Spotify vs the US Competition

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Post by greenie »

Unless the US version of Spotify is drastically different from the European version, discovery on Spotify is excellent in my opinion. The Radio feature does exist (although it's not one of Spotify's strongest features) and when you're on an artist page there is a tab to view related artists. There is even an radio tab on the artist's page which will play music from related artists.

Re: Spotify vs the US Competition

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Post by forza »

greenie wrote: post #6

Unless the US version of Spotify is drastically different from the European version, discovery on Spotify is excellent in my opinion. The Radio feature does exist (although it's not one of Spotify's strongest features) and when you're on an artist page there is a tab to view related artists. There is even an radio tab on the artist's page which will play music from related artists.

The radio feature is not available in the US.

"The lack of a radio feature for the time being is a factor of licensing agreements with the rights holders but it will eventually be available." http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/topics/radio_mode_missing...

Re: Spotify vs the US Competition

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Post by cmelbye »

earbitscom wrote: post #2

Can we subtract 1-2 points from Grooveshark for their questionable legal tactics? Awesome comparison, Chris. This should be the go to page used to respond to any question about these services.

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't rate Grooveshark 9/10. It's great, and I've happily used it for months, but it's no Spotify. Aside from the legal issues, the sound quality is generally pretty bad, the crowd-sourced music catalogue with incorrect song/artist/album names is maddening, and 9/10 for Mobile seems a high when you have to jailbreak before you can use it on one of the largest phone platforms.

Re: Spotify vs the US Competition

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Post by cmelbye »

thebandrews wrote: post #5

I just started playing around with spotify and the one major feature missing is something akin to itunes genius. I wonder if anything like this is in the works?

Apparently they used to have a Radio feature, but I can't find it. This would really be a nice feature to have though so that instead of building up a queue, I could just have Spotify do it for me. It's my only problem with the service so far.
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