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Spotify's mobile app finally goes free

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Re: Spotify's mobile app finally goes free

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Post by jasonbarone »

tonylemesmer wrote: post #7
spurgu wrote: post #5

This seems like a surprisingly dumb move. Making a virtual Ipod Shuffle will only serve to annoy users. Which on the other hand is their business model, but I think users will rather uninstall than upgrade to premium because of this.

There is a mismatch between the 2 Spotify experiences (desktop free vs. mobile free) which is not obvious until you try it out. That's the annoying bit.

My guess is that will get better pretty soon. There was a massive mismatch between Spotify desktop and mobile paid for the longest time, but with every new update it gets better.

Re: Spotify's mobile app finally goes free

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Post by roguelynn »

dchuk wrote: post #3

The smartphone app, however, doesn't work exactly like the PC service. Users can access their playlists and music albums, but they have to scroll through their lists randomly using a "Shuffle Play" button. Users can't pick the exact song they want to play right away, and will have to shuffle through their playlists. I pay for Spotify specifically for the mobile app (the ads didn't bother me) and I do not want these c…

Spotify employee here - it's only for free tier. Your service doesn't change.

Re: Spotify's mobile app finally goes free

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Post by shawnc »

plg wrote: post #8

Spotify is currently not available in your country. (canada) boo

Rdio, in my mind, is far superior in a lot of ways anyway. I had a friend paying for a Spotify for me a few years ago, and switched to Rdio because I liked it better (and not because it was available in Canada too).

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Post by yugolarp »

I like Spotify, but the radio feature leaves something to be desired. My buddy recently released an an android app called "SSradio for Spotify" (http://www.ssradio.me). It uses libspotify to re-create SiriusXM like channels over Spotify.

Libspotify was restricted to premium subscribers only (probably still is). But his app was the reason I'm sticking with Spotify. Its like having a sub to Spotify and Sirius.

Best part, libspotify restricts people from displaying ads or charging money..so its free :)

Re: Spotify's mobile app finally goes free

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Post by jscheel »

The expectation of spotify, mobile or desktop, is that I can select the songs I want to listen to. This feels like an unexpected behavior to me. That said, I'm sure they have tested the crap out of this to make sure they aren't going to leave a bad taste in users' mouths.

Re: Spotify's mobile app finally goes free

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Post by ashray »

roguelynn wrote: post #12
dchuk wrote: post #3

The smartphone app, however, doesn't work exactly like the PC service. Users can access their playlists and music albums, but they have to scroll through their lists randomly using a "Shuffle Play" button. Users can't pick the exact song they want to play right away, and will have to shuffle through their playlists. I pay for Spotify specifically for the mobile app (the ads didn't bother me) and I do not want these c…

Spotify employee here - it's only for free tier. Your service doesn't change.

Hey I just switched over from rDio to spotify. The reasons are that spotify lets you sync different songs/playlists to different devices and rDio does not. Spotify has a better library than rDio.

However, why can I not browse/sync my 'Collection' on spotify's ios apps? Is this feature on the cards ? (I guess having a 'Collection' just on the desktop app makes little sense...) Would love it if you could answer!! Thanks for a great service!

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