Why Spotify is music to my ears

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• So you love it because... it's Rhapsody?

  Been through all the slides, and I still fail to see why Spotify -- massive buzz notwithstanding -- is somehow any different/better than an existing product that has been serving the U.S. market for a decade. Each and every slide seems to be a feature Rhapsody has as well. Aside from the fact that someone might prefer the look of Spotify, what's so new?

  

  jlh2977

  15 July, 2011 12:22

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  • RE: Why Spotify is music to my ears

    @jlh2977 I'm no expert, but I think people love it because its free, and has a library three times the size of Rhapsody and Napster.

    

    lo0py

    15 July, 2011 12:50

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  • RE: Why Spotify is music to my ears

    @jlh2977
    
    Rhapsody is 10 bucks a month, Spotify is free ! Doesn't sound the same to me. Rhapsody only offers a free two-week trial , but after that there is no free tier.
    
    Side Note: I have heard though that after the first 6 months or so, they may further cripple the Spotify free tier and only let you listen to "x" amount of hours a month. Of course, that is not set in stone....but I am curious how this plays out. More competition = Consumer wins !

    

    bigghands

    15 July, 2011 13:01

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  • RE: Why Spotify is music to my ears

    @jlh2977
    rhapsodys iphone app is terrible! takes a long time to load, if you lose 3g which happens often you need to wait for the songs to buffer, it crashes, etc etc. none of this happened on the spotify app, oh and its catalog of songs is at least double. many songs i couldnt find on rhapsody

    

    rocketboy5114

    19 July, 2011 07:05

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• RE: Why Spotify is music to my ears

  Get with the programme my US friends. Spotify rocks. Having graduated to the paid-for service and introduced dozens to it, you will see the point. Sit back make the play list you always wanted and live the dream. Timberlake better have a plan for MySpace that is literally stellar to beat this.

  

  Positivemarketing.org

  16 July, 2011 14:41

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  • RE: Why Spotify is music to my ears

    @Positivemarketing.org I'll stick to my Zune Pass thank you.

    

    JoeHTH

    19 July, 2011 09:39

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• RE: Why Spotify is music to my ears

  IMESH COST THE SAME AND IS MUCH BETTER

  

  gm130@...

  17 July, 2011 09:21

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• RE: Why Spotify is music to my ears

  How is this service any better then grooveshark

  

  jscholl19@...

  18 July, 2011 08:13

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• RE: Why Spotify is music to my ears

  Spotify free? Geez, what yahoos. First of all, on general principles, nothing is free. Somebody is paying somehow. But specific to Spotify, the "free" service is ad-supported. The rest is pay. Not to mention the DRM.

  

  Vesicant

  18 July, 2011 09:20

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• RE: Why Spotify is music to my ears

  Spotify rocks, easy to use and the Free version is a great itroducer with very understated and unobtrusive advertising supporting it for you.<br><br>Amazon need to junk their *EXPNSIVE* **** Cloud music/storage service, and just buy Spotify, as with their recent purchase of the DVD Rental/Video streaming business Lovefilm in Europe.<br><br>This will consolidat entertainment down to 4 players globally<br><br>- NetFlix (Which amazon web services powers anyway)<br>- iTunes<br>- Amazon/Lovefilm/Spotify<br>- Robbing studio barons/Cable & satellite companies/Cell Companies

  

  neil.postlethwaite@...

  18 July, 2011 13:32

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  19 July, 2011 01:56

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• RE: Why Spotify is music to my ears

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  Janelle8

  19 July, 2011 10:34

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• RE: Why Spotify is music to my ears

  I am using an old Spotify account at the times when was free (by invitation) here in Spain. Amazing! when you are as me: a retired man hearing music of all ages at my home.

  

  pablo.handler@...

  21 July, 2011 12:03

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