Spotify - anyone heard of it?

like for Windows I totally get waiting until you upgrade the hardware since the OS upgrades are well over $100 but OSX is cheap

I'm with you, I need to upgrade mine anyway.

I guess I just saw those numbers and thought they weren't going backwards as far as they actually are.

I guess I don't understand not being on the most recent stable OS, esp in the Apple world where OS updates cost like $30

― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:07 PM

this is how i break it down to an extent -- i was on lion the day it was released

i do get that some ppl have their reasons for not upgrading right away though

ha yes, that is why I said "stable"

not going to Lion until 2012

OTM

Sorry Spotify, I still <3 you.

jeez they're up to 10.7 now? I never bothered to get Snow Leopard.

I guess I don't understand not being on the most recent stable OS, esp in the Apple world where OS updates cost like $30

― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:07 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

My Intel mac doesn't allow it to go beyond 10.4

EXACTLY, and no I do not have money to buy even a used Mac from the last few years.

same with my gf. to add to the misery, i recently bought her an iphone, but she can't put music on it because it requires a version iTunes that her Mac can't handle.

wait, you have an intel Mac that can't upgrade? I know the old power pc macs can't run certain software but I've never heard of an intel not being able to. Is it a ram thing? Ram is pretty cheap.

I have to believe that was a typo and he meant PowerPC.

yep mine is a lol 800 MHZ G4. I'm guessing I only have a year or two before I'll be forced to upgrade in some way.

playing tracks w/o stopping today

listening to tori amos' boys for pele, headphones on, volume up to hear nuance, then: BOOM DANCE REMIX OF "PROFESSIONAL WIDOW" SUBBED IN FOR REGULAR TRACK!! heart attack, dead.

there's nothing more amazing than watching your friends cross-pollinate on playlists

(this came up because one of my wife's opera grad school classmates is subscribed to Chris V's new jack swing playlist)

haha.

If that David Guetta ad doesn't get off my screen I'm going to say a bad word.

I can't wait until the get targeted ads that match up to what you listen to most often, tailored to your tastes a little better.

If that David Guetta ad doesn't get off my screen I'm going to say a bad word.

otm

the michelle branch and trancey "day-o" cover (sort of) always have me lolin' tho.

ugh, those two ads always have me lolin', that is.

I mean, I know its because they only have like a small handful of ads to rotate at this point, but it would be nice if the ads that popped were at least in the same genre as what you are listening to. I'd much rather have, say, an Iron Maiden ad pop up when I'm listening to a Decapitation album than Tinie Tempah, y'know? So jarring sometimes.

there's a pretty easy way to get rid of the ads you know...

I've found it VERY difficult to listen to ambient/improv stuff on spotify because of the ads. totally kills the vibe.

can ppl REALLY not afford $5/month, cancelable at any time

Its not the affording part, its the waiting a little bit longer for some of the bugs to be worked out before I start paying for it.

my excuse is that I don't have smartphone that can run the spotify app.

I mean, I know its because they only have like a small handful of ads to rotate at this point, but it would be nice if the ads that popped were at least in the same genre as what you are listening to. I'd much rather have, say, an Iron Maiden ad pop up when I'm listening to a Decapitation album than Tinie Tempah, y'know? So jarring sometimes.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, August 31, 2011 4:25 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

blatant first world problems-bait

is there only free and premium to choose from in the us?

Its not the affording part, its the waiting a little bit longer for some of the bugs to be worked out before I start paying for it.

I have experienced exactly zero (0) of the bugs complained about on this thread and I jumped on the $5 train immediately. I think the ads are what is screwing people up!

Alan: the smartphone functionality is the $10 subscription; $5 kills the ads and gives you unlimited access to the library (apparently there is some time limit implementation on the free subscription level...?)

see here: https://www.spotify.com/us/get-spotify/overview/

basically if you want the "bugs" to go away, give them $5/month!

can ppl REALLY not afford $5/month, cancelable at any time

otfm

yup the unlimited option is basically bug free, instead it's all about complaining about what albums they don't have

they got rid of all the arthur russell reissues apart from that love is overtaking me compilation

:'( wahhh

bummer.

so, do the albums they offer drop off and come back sometimes a la netflix instant watch?

I think its still too early to tell, but honestly that is one reason I'm hesitant to pay for it still. I've created a couple different rolling playlists that keep getting shorter and shorter due to albums being removed. I get hesitant to pay for it when I keep logging in and seeing my playlists getting shorter and shorter.

yeh shitty having to pay for music eh, and i mean $5 for access to more music than you could listen to in a lifetime, pffff. that's what? the price of a beer?

Dude, stop being willfully obtuse about this. I have no problem paying for music, I but a lot more music every week than I probably should. I don't think its that ridiculous to want to make sure the labels and artists I care about remain on the service before I pay for it. There is a lot of stuff still up in the air about Spotify (i.e. labels pulling their catalogs) that I want to see where it goes before I commit. Don't make me out to be some freeloading asshole though, because thats not at all what I'm saying.

"I buy" not "but"

I just pay for premium and I have zero complaints

it's not like you subscribe for the whole year, you can cancel your subscription whenever it turns to shit.

its not a 'commitment' dude

Sorry guys didn't realize it was so important to you all that I immediately buy a premium subscription.

i dont have one bcuz i wouldnt use it but your excuses were bizarre

Its bizarre that they don't have a lot of what I want to hear?

Basically its this, I'm not yet impressed enough with the selection of some of the genres I'm most interested in. I'm sure as they move forward, they'll add more, and I'll happily pay at that point. I don't get why thats such a bizarre approach.

Do you guys subscribe to magazines in the hopes that someday they'll write articles you might be interested in reading?

I opted for the $5 plan after suffering through an hour of the ads. Yeah, it's imperfect (come on Drag City) but worth it. I just hope they don't get us hooked on the low price and then change things.

Haven't noticed songs disappearing from my playlists.

pony up ffs jon it might get better!

lol @ "pony up, it might get better"

Oh, and don't compare it to Netflix Instant. That is an abomination.