Streaming sites (general discussion)

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latenighttv



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One of the other threads is kind of turning into a streaming site discussion, and I thought a thread like this might be worth a try.

Outside of its issues with artist royalties, I personally dislike Spotify quite a lot. I just find it invasive, self-serving and obnoxious (and what's with the dark, bleak colour scheme?). Deezer is a streaming site I use a lot, however. Dunno if the artists fare any better with it royalty-wise, though.
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slsk


squad up


spotify is fine though I have it Premium


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I have no use for them.
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I use Spotify Premium

I love it
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Precedent wrote:
I use Spotify Premium

I love it


This.

What do you mean when you say it's invasive and self-serving? Do you mean the visual layout? I'm seldom actually looking at the program when the music is playing.
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TracyJacks



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Spotify started streaming just one week ago in my country. So it's very new to me.
It's good if I search for a new album that I want to listen to online and it's not on youtube (I never download anything)
The advertisements after almost every second songs are very irritating, though.
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latenighttv



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sp4cetiger wrote:


What do you mean when you say it's invasive and self-serving? Do you mean the visual layout? I'm seldom actually looking at the program when the music is playing.



Hmm, just a general thing, really. I didn't really mind having to download the program, but when it set itself up to start automatically as soon as I booted up my computer that was a bit annoying. Closing the program then took more time and effort than it should (several steps instead of just one, like a normal application). I don't think they really need to make it a downloadable program either (grooveshark, deezer, etc. aren't), but maybe it's a way for Spotify to glean more info about a user's listening habits, kind of like that 'iTunes Genius' thing.

I think their ad campaigns (at least in this neck of the woods) are pretty offputting as well. 'Listen to Elbow' next to a picture of Elbow looking all menacing. 'Play Now. Spotify'. Just a bit lame, I guess, and when you factor in the royalties issue it makes the ads seem worse.

I listened to a song on Spotify a few weeks ago, as it happens. Just the one track, and I get a steady amount of e-mails since then suggesting that I should listen to all these other related artists. Deezer doesn't do any of these kind of things, so I definitely prefer using their site.
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Spotify premium is great. Although i prefer my own iPod as a way to listen to music. I use spotify a lot streaming full albums.
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