Spotify Open Changes

neoboy · 17 Apr 2011 at 03:11

I actually use it a lot since got the invite in the summer as I jump between computers and laptops a lot, real shame but this couldn't last forever!

loltim · 17 Apr 2011 at 04:08

I still can't bring myself to pay for spotify, it's great, but when there are free alternatives I just can't

OzyOly · 17 Apr 2011 at 15:06

I'm still holding out for an iTunes streaming service...

Hen_Dawg · 17 Apr 2011 at 15:49

Newsflash: In the old days people used to pay to listen to music. Seems like a point has come where Spotify realised they're still losing millions with the free service as they pay labels about 1p every single time a song gets streamed.
I switched to the premium service a few months ago and it's changed the way I listen to music for the better. Every day now I can put any new/classic album I wany on my phone within 60 seconds and I'm off to work exploring/rediscovering music. £9.99 very well spent for me.

molinari · 17 Apr 2011 at 20:42

Sinny said:
Thanks you, bye bye spotify. I did not mind the ad's at all, 10 hours would've been fine.

but 5 track limit?

I can just about say they are not going to last that long with this service.

I don't use it enough to warrant £10 a month, and I generally listen to the same songs, so the 5 track limit means I'll be off to use another service too, oh well.

Margaret · 17 Apr 2011 at 21:09

Never seen the fuss with Spotify. I'd rather have my music actually on me and not mostly reliant on having Internet connectivity.

Netguy · 17 Apr 2011 at 23:45

sorn21 · 18 Apr 2011 at 00:33

I went Premium a few months back, never looked back. It's great being able to listen to it on my phone on wifi and offline, add free.

Only problem is listening to it in the car, need to get a CD player with AUX out.

snowdog · 18 Apr 2011 at 00:38

Margaret said:
Never seen the fuss with Spotify. I'd rather have my music actually on me and not mostly reliant on having Internet connectivity.

You have music on you in offline mode :confused:

. With spotify I look up a song, add it in my playlist, ad it's auto synced to my phone next time I'm online with my phone. No wasting time plugging in the phone to my pc or downloading crap from torrents or beemp3, or ripping a bloody cd ( bah I hate cd's). All a big bloody waste of time, this takes 2 seconds of effort and I have the song I like always with me.

You are only reliant on the Internet when looking for new things, my main playlists are all offline playlists, add a new song I like and It's always available even when internet is down. You have the music on you, 9 out of 10 times I use spotify in offline mode on my phone. Only go online once per week or so to sync new tracks on it ( and syncing requires no effort, just start spotify on your phone in online mode and sit back, even with songs not actually on spotify but only on your pc, it will sync mp3's in your playlist too automatically).

Finally, all my playlists on PC are offline playslist, if my router **** itself once in a while and I happen to be without internet for 10 minutes ( which is rare anyhow, who is without inetrnet these days ?) I can still play all my music.

The only situations in this day of age I can think off where you are with no Internet is:

You are in a rural/backwards area with no decent 3g cover or you are underground in a metro/train.
You can't pay your internet bill.
Technical errors, like a broken router.

I hope optical media dies asap, it's slow inconvenient, overpriced, and unnecessary, you can get internet connections far quicker than your average cd or dvd player.

/edit drunken rant about optical media over

TurnipHead · 18 Apr 2011 at 00:48

If you listen to a song 5 times... will that reset at the end of the month? Like the 10 hour cap?

(i have read the changes but couldn't find the answer)

Dave85 · 18 Apr 2011 at 03:12

From what I have read it affects invite accounts. Goodbye spotify time to try grooveshark or go back to other means of acquiring.

Tich · 18 Apr 2011 at 13:07

This bothered me at first, but only for about 5 minutes. Then I realised that I wouldn't exactly notice a £4.99 DD each month and decided not to care anymore.

Half the cost of 1 CD each month to carry on using decent unlimited streaming service.. Sounds fine to me.

OzyOly · 18 Apr 2011 at 18:12

Spotify never really discouraged me from pirating the way iTunes did (especially when it went DMR-free), but it was handy. Again, if iTunes offered a spotify type subscription, I'd be on it like a silver bonnet, but having to pay £10 on top of my £35 month phone bill just to listen to it on my iPod over a very restricted data plan is not for me...

strang3r · 19 Apr 2011 at 09:33

OzyOly said:
having to pay £10 on top of my £35 month phone bill just to listen to it on my iPod over a very restricted data plan is not for me...

Offline mode takes care of this issue.

£10 per month for unlimited music on the go is a steal. It just shows the price that people these days put on music. If I spend hours every day listening then isn't it worth it?

Spotify Premium is the best thing to happen to music for years.

krooton · 19 Apr 2011 at 10:06

You can't take the ***** out of pikies

Broken Hope · 19 Apr 2011 at 13:15

Shows that people pirate just because they can and not because they can't afford it, seriously £5 a month for unlimited music is very cheap.

sammo62 · 19 Apr 2011 at 13:28

It says you can get 6 months usage with a new account before you have to pay - so what's stopping me just creating a new account every 6 months and having my playlists saved to share spotify?

Abraham · 19 Apr 2011 at 15:05

sammo62 said:
It says you can get 6 months usage with a new account before you have to pay - so what's stopping me just creating a new account every 6 months and having my playlists saved to share spotify?

nothing that I can see, although obviously you're still affected by the other changes