Studio Custom Posted September 23, 2014 Posted September 23, 2014 It seems that if you join Rhadpody or Spotify you pay for anything you downloaded upon cancellation. So why not just buy the tracks via iTunes and avoid the monthly fees?
G Man Posted September 24, 2014 Posted September 24, 2014 If I want hard copy, I buy the CD, if I'm just streaming, I tend to use Grooveshark, nice to be able to listen to full albums.
velorush Posted September 24, 2014 Posted September 24, 2014 Maybe I've missed something, but I've been on Spotify for about two months and haven't paid a dime. I listen to what I want to listen to, any time I want... ...surely I've missed something...
Studio Custom Posted September 24, 2014 Author Posted September 24, 2014 Maybe I've missed something, but I've been on Spotify for about two months and haven't paid a dime. I listen to what I want to listen to, any time I want... ...surely I've missed something... You mean listen live or download to listen when away from wifi?
Michael_B Posted September 24, 2014 Posted September 24, 2014 I've been using Spotify for a couple of years and I never heard anything about fees on cancellation. I think they simply disable the playability of downloaded tracks.I used Spotify all-day, every-day. They have a pretty good library and the playlists features are pretty good.I used Rhapsody, when it started, and dropped it in favor of Last.fm; which had a far superior method of predicting one's tastes (IMO). Last.fm, effectively, closed down last year. But even it's zombie service is pretty good. I tried Rhapsody right after Last.fm shut down, and it didn't grab me. Instead, I started using Spotify more heavily and gravitated to Grooveshark as a supplement.Grooveshark can be both really good and really bad. They were being sued for, basically, stealing the music, but it resulted in a kick-ass library for users. I think it's still like that. But, it can also be a mess to deal with.I never really used iTunes, so I can't compare with that.
velorush Posted September 24, 2014 Posted September 24, 2014 Maybe I've missed something, but I've been on Spotify for about two months and haven't paid a dime. I listen to what I want to listen to, any time I want... ...surely I've missed something... You mean listen live or download to listen when away from wifi? I should have been more clear: I listen while at the PC / iPod / device. Had I more thoroughly considered your question I would have realized you are interested in listening untethered and that my situation had absolutely nothing to do with your question. I am sincerely sorry to have clogged the thread. I don't download music for use later, but I am really stoked to have so recently found Spotify for the way I use it, and I really like how their business model benefits artists.
scottcald Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 I think if you KNOW you'll always have a rockin' wifi connection, really any should be good. I'd say try them all out. The problem with all of them I've tried (iTunes, Spotify and Pandora) is if you create a "station", you inevitably get something you don't care for. But the upside is that it's free. If your iPod is a touch, I'd say try the iTunes radio first, but intermingle the others to try them out. See which organizes into what you like. Or, just keep using all of them. As long as you don't have to pay anything, that's what I'd do.
Disturber Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 If I want hard copy, I buy the CD, if I'm just streaming, I tend to use Grooveshark, nice to be able to listen to full albums.Grooveshark has been debated as not all legit when it comes to copyright payments. They have deals with some labels I know, but it's still kinda shady.If you are sincere about songwriters and artists getting paid I say use Google Music, Itunes, Amazons music service or Spotify. They might not pay as much as when buying a physical CD, but at least they pay something. How much is Spotify in the US, 9 bucks a month? It a piss in the Nile every month for what you get. Keep the music flowing, don't use illegal services. It's not the biggest artist that suffer the most, it's the developing, small indie artists. No new guitar hereoes will come out if the kids don't see it worth while to pick up an instrument.If you don't get any money from it, you won't get laid. So help the kids get laid, use a legit service. It's simple.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooveshark
Studio Custom Posted October 17, 2014 Author Posted October 17, 2014 I had no desire to become an annuity so I bought what I desired from iTunes. While it was a few hundred up front cost, I'm fully loaded for life and within a year or two I'll be even or ahead of any subscription plan. The vast majority of my 300+ albums on my phone came from my cd collection, so I just desired to fill in. Also I love how you can buy individual songs to reduce costs, while saving data space.
tommy p Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 I've been using the free version of Spotify for a couple of years mainly to listen to music I've never heard before. Many artists have ended up making money from me because I buy the physical CD's for things I like. I've never even looked at iTunes and I've never owned an iPod.
gorch Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 I went to Amazon Music. Loaded my stuff in to the cloud and it's available on almost any platform not just Apple. Let's me buy CDs on immediate cloud availability. Works pretty well for a while now.
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