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For someone that never used it, what was the appeal of this service? I took a look at the site and didn't really get it. What does this have over Spotify?
For someone that never used it, what was the appeal of this service? I took a look at the site and didn't really get it. What does this have over Spotify?
Somehow, 8tracks was different, I could pick a genre and I'd just listen to a whole playlist of mostly new, great songs. Likely because it was curated by DJs and musicians themselves, not record labels or algorithms. Second, because there's a lot of upcoming talent that's not on Spotify yet for lack of an album or label, but had a single mixtape or single record out on e.g. Soundcloud which was great. I don't know the exact mechanics, just that it was the best place to discover new music for me, and I haven't seen a good replacement yet.
“the company and its streaming service will wind down with the end of the decade, on December 31st, 2019” Years started being numbered at 1 so the decade ends on December 31 2020.
“the company and its streaming service will wind down with the end of the decade, on December 31st, 2019” Years started being numbered at 1 so the decade ends on December 31 2020.
“the company and its streaming service will wind down with the end of the decade, on December 31st, 2019” Years started being numbered at 1 so the decade ends on December 31 2020.
Well that's a technicality. There's no reason to base practical realities of Jan 1 2020 being the start of the "2020s" with the fact that Year 0 was missing. I recall a CNN article recently about this: https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/21/us/when-does-the-decade-end-b... > Those technicalities, however, don't change the fact that as a society, we seem to have collectively determined that decades begin in years ending in ze…
I really enjoyed the service but like many, Spotify’s competing (albeit subpar) features led me astray as I consolidated my listening to a single platform. And being outside of the US and Canada, I couldn’t use it after the 2016 cut off.
Subsequently, 8tracks fell off the radar for me. Until news of the data breach, which was much more annoying to hear about - as it was for a service I couldn’t even use anymore. However, their transparency has always been great and the post-mortem and customer comms were quick.
RIP 8tracks, I still miss the service and there is still a large gap in curating playlists the way they did.
[0] https://blog.8tracks.com/2017/06/27/password-security-alert/
“the company and its streaming service will wind down with the end of the decade, on December 31st, 2019” Years started being numbered at 1 so the decade ends on December 31 2020.
> for regulatory reasons, credit cards could not be used to invest; and while SeedInvest, the platform we used to execute the round, was able to accept debit cards initially, our debit card processor decided, several weeks in, that it no longer wished to support crowdfunding initiatives. Cautionary tale for equity-based crowdfunding. I'd love to read about some success stories.
Isn't that called an IPO?
> in early 2016, we were required to cut off streaming to listeners outside the US and Canada I didn't fully understand who it was that required 8tracks to stop streaming abroad, but I wholeheartedly hate them so much. It was my preferred music service, I loved discovering all sorts of playlists and new music, while I've always disliked the Spotify client. To see it dissappear, probably due to greed from royalty owne…
For someone that never used it, what was the appeal of this service? I took a look at the site and didn't really get it. What does this have over Spotify?