Is Rdio the American Spotify...or not?

My thing is I don't know why anyone would buy a subscription until they build up a huge database of songs you can listen to on demand. I realize they have to make money early on to keep going, but it's a snake eating its tail. People won't subscribe unless there's a giant database, but Rdio can't acquire a giant database without first proving that a revenue stream will be present (and growing).

Spotify is kind of a miracle anomaly, and will probably never be fully replicated.

i have invites if anyone wants to try it out....7 hours of funhouse anyone?

I keep reading this damn thing as 'Is Ride the American Spotify'

So, with the crappy update to Spotify, people are considering jumping ship and moving on to Rdio.

I just joined Spotify, but can see what others are saying and agree.

Any Rdio enthusiasts here on ILX?

I use both Spotify and Rdio (and have a professional interest in both, as both are customers of my employer). Either one is easily worth $20/month, so I have no problem paying $10/each for both. I think it's pretty uncontroversial to note that Spotify still has a slight advantage in catalog, and that Rdio's UI is more elegant. For me, personally, the UI is the more interesting factor, because even though there seem to be slightly more tracks that are on Spotify but not Rdio (although there are some the other way, too), there are enough things on neither service that you should still expect to do some out-of-service music acquisition whatever you pick.

i like this more than spotify i think

I am very pro rdio. what they are missing compared to spotify is pretty negligible and it just runs sooooo much smoother for me. on all platforms. plus it looks a hell of a lot better. search function is better as well (allows searching by label for instance).

i like that i can control it from anywhere

Bought by Pandora, being wound down, likely.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151116006169/en/Pandora-Acquire-Key-Assets-Rdio

I've got a few friends who are Rdio loyalists and they're really bummed about this (but they only started talking about it today, so the news came to me late).

not, then