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Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by uggedal »

estel wrote: post #20

I (and I guess any other EU subscribers) have a number of invitations if anyone here wants to try the Free version before committing to Unlimited. Anyone interested in one? Edit: can only send if your email address is on your HN profile, of course. Edit edit: http://www.spotify.com/us/amanda/ will be less hassle for all whilst it lasts.

My invite codes:

    All of my 32 invitation codes are now used.
Edit: removed the used ones.

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by alexgaribay »

arrogant wrote: post #157
peritpatrio wrote: post #141

As I haven't contributed anything for the HN community, take these invite codes as a token of my appreciation: fBtbsnyhR7Sw3k3B a9LXkhTx4YdTkP4a czSVXhFkLgwRx6zS e7wuTAMVtVck8BMC cYAAdNPCpBgCtyyu fG7GsqbFsBaE2knG eCECZNnkaRy4VJ8q duJy7W9EAR2KyYBd exmWgPwsfsVbgBKy eScdc6ctgdNsRSGF e5K5nXfmswZfV8Mk fBBnJNgd4Ur49XZZ aUTDk63STysENRhM dHgs5mwfTpwFuHzE dyrJCYY74WKd3fnS fkqWs4B2A4rV6bpu dHuPEYSSLCHNgGS6 bkUkZy5bsw9c4u3U fdV…

eEp6Lq23VwW98wTu used. Thanks! Since I didn't see an obvious way from the front page, the place to sign up for a free account if you have an invite code is: https://www.spotify.com/us/get-spotify/overview/

That helped me a lot. I kept trying to sign up on the wrong page and kept saying every code I was using was invalid. I was getting incredibly irritated!

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by jonknee »

ThomPete wrote: post #130
jonknee wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> and allows good sound quality for users with fairly low connection speeds. P2P is all about lowering their costs, not about making better sound quality for low connection speeds. It doesn't matter if you're streaming from Spotify's data center or across the street, slow is as slow does. You're not squeezing more bits through a slow connection because of P2P.

I have been using this since early alpha and I have never had any slow issues. In fact it plays faster than iTunes

Great, but that's not because of any P2P elements but because your bandwidth is sufficient for a stream.

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by pavel_lishin »

ThomPete wrote: post #9

Spotify will change your life from one appreciating ownership to one preferring access. At least it did with me.

As long as they have all the weird music I listen to, sure. Is there a way to check their selection without signing up? I don't see any way to check if they have Soul Coughing, Zyklon Boom, Любэ, the original Grand Theft Auto soundtrack, Tub Ring, etc? (These are the first few songs I see in my playlist on my iPhone.)

I'd be pretty pissed if I signed up and got a Top 40's equivalent for my money.

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by tacoe »

sambeau wrote: post #42

I've been using Spotify since the UK closed beta (a few years ago, now). At first it seemed like the most amazing thing ever, but slowly I fell out of love with it, and now I barely use it. Why? 1) The ads. At first they were reasonably infrequent and unobtrusive. But gradually they became more frequent and more and more obtrusive. Eventually some companies were deliberately producing jarring ads to grab your attenti…

The ads are obtrusive because streaming the better part of the earth's digital music collection to your doorstep at speeds that make iTunes seem like a turtle costs money. That bit may have evaded you.

Refuting your (IMO somewhat unfounded) statement on who in the US are going to love it, I'm a heavy music consumer (both in breadth and depth), and Spotify works especially well for me. In a purchase-song model, I'd be out many, many times as much per month than I am now (which also forms the disclaimer for this reply: I've been a premium subscriber for ages).

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by pavel_lishin »

bergie wrote: post #54
ThomPete wrote: post #9

Spotify will change your life from one appreciating ownership to one preferring access. At least it did with me.

Same thing here. I don't have any MP3s any longer. Kindle is doing something similar to my book reading. We ditched all paper books sometime last winter (they're now in the office library), and I'm actually reading a lot more because all my books are with me all the time.

But don't you own those books on your kindle? (Ignoring the arguments about whether you truly own something they can delete remotely, etc.) If you bought them, access didn't replace ownership - it supplemented it.

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by hitonagashi »

estel wrote: post #47
timmaah wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks.. Your klout link worked for me (Had never used klout before) Is there a way to play a personalized station? I am a fan of having my music selected for me.

There's a Radio section. You can choose genres and decades, but nothing equivalent to an "Artist radio".

If you go to an artist, you can also select an artist radio. Select the artist, and it's in the top tabs to the right.

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by Timothee »

estel wrote: post #148
estel wrote: post #20

I (and I guess any other EU subscribers) have a number of invitations if anyone here wants to try the Free version before committing to Unlimited. Anyone interested in one? Edit: can only send if your email address is on your HN profile, of course. Edit edit: http://www.spotify.com/us/amanda/ will be less hassle for all whilst it lasts.

Edit 1736: removed all the used ones Edit 1740: all gone.

Thanks estel! I used awyqHSnBbAAkRh58.

To be used here by the way: https://www.spotify.com/us/invitation/

Re: Spotify launches in the US

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Post by sonnekki »

uggedal wrote: post #161
estel wrote: post #20

I (and I guess any other EU subscribers) have a number of invitations if anyone here wants to try the Free version before committing to Unlimited. Anyone interested in one? Edit: can only send if your email address is on your HN profile, of course. Edit edit: http://www.spotify.com/us/amanda/ will be less hassle for all whilst it lasts.

My invite codes: All of my 32 invitation codes are now used. Edit: removed the used ones.

Thanks! Used cVSY9gFdxWhdEz7Z .
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