• Spotify sets new limits on their free users
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[quote]Spotify is considering a plan to further cut back the amount of free music it offers to users and is expected to impose new limits perhaps as soon as this week, sources with knowledge of the plans told CNET. Spotify, the online music service that has attracted more than 10 million users in Europe in part by offering free-of-charge access to millions of songs, may cap the number of times users can listen to the same song and limit the total number of hours that existing users would have access to its free service, the sources said. Last May, Spotify capped access to free music for the first time. As part of an offering called Spotify Open, new users were given 20 hours of free song listening per month. If they wanted more they had to upgrade to Spotify Unlimited, which offers all-you-can-eat listening for a monthly fee. Whatever changes Spotify makes would go into effect sometime in May, said the sources. A Spotify spokesman was not immediately available for comment. Spotify is perhaps best known in the United States as the music company that has had trouble launching in this country. The company has penned U.S. licensing deals with two of the four major record companies but can't seem to lock down music rights from Universal Music and Warner. If and when it does launch here, managers have already agreed to limit the amount of free music it offers, sources told CNET in February. The limits on free music appear to be designed to push people into paying for music. Ad-supported music services have struggled to generate profits and prove their business model. Even Pandora, the online radio service that started out paying the bills primarily through ad sales, has placed caps on free music. Still more ad-supported services flamed out and shut their doors, including Ruckus, SpiralFrog, and Imeem. For all of Spotify's notoriety and big European following, the company has not been able to show that it's able to generate big revenue or profits.[/quote] Source: [url]http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20053672-261.html[/url] The article is a little out-dated though, they're making the changes tomorrow. The changes Spotify is going to make: [quote] - New Spotify users will be able to enjoy our unrivalled free service as it is today for the first 6 months. - As of May 1st, any user who signed up to the free service on or before November 1st 2010 will be able to play each track for free up to a total of 5 times. Users who signed up after the beginning of November will see these changes applied 6 months after the time they set up their Spotify account. - Additionally, total listening time for free users will be limited to 10 hours per month after the first 6 months. That’s equivalent to around 200 tracks or 20 albums.[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.spotify.com/uk/blog/archives/2011/04/14/upcoming-changes-to-spotify-free-open/[/url] People are now gonna keep making new accounts every 6 months. [b]Edit:[/b] Oops, didn't take any notice of other threads about this, my bad..
fuck Spotify, I'm getting WiMP.
9$ is not much for an unlimited account, damn it :doh: also this has been posted before
I hear Grooveshark calling my name
I didn't know this already Oh wait.....
[QUOTE=Giraffen93;29528664]9$ is not much for an unlimited account, damn it :doh: also this has been posted before[/QUOTE] Wimp is superior; the company isn't as bitchy as spotify either [QUOTE=Duxfever;29528691]I hear Grooveshark calling my name[/QUOTE] Bad quality and chopped up songs
[QUOTE=Honesty;29528746]Wimp is superior; the company isn't as bitchy as spotify either Bad quality and chopped up songs[/QUOTE] I'm never putting my PHONE NUMBER in there. Never.
Tell me more about Wimp
I can still have unlimited streaming.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;29528778]I can still have unlimited streaming.[/QUOTE] Did you pay then
[QUOTE=johnT447;29528782]Did you pay then[/QUOTE] Nope I just have to put up with some adverts.
I love having a beta account.
[QUOTE=Honesty;29528746]Bad quality and chopped up songs[/QUOTE] Not for me. [img]http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/3177/untickthat.png[/img] Make sure you have that unticked.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;29528808]Nope I just have to put up with some adverts.[/QUOTE] They are screwing over us as well you know. As far as I remember our accounts will be limited to listen to a song five times a month or something.
[QUOTE=CommanderPT;29529349]They are screwing over us as well you know. As far as I remember our accounts will be limited to listen to a song five times a month or something.[/QUOTE] I can live with that ATM to be honest since I listen to albums as a whole usually.
[QUOTE=Duxfever;29528691]I hear Grooveshark calling my name[/QUOTE] I did not know of this site. Thank you. :h:
Spotifys still pretty awesome for what it provides, the premium service is pretty damn cheap and means you can get free music on iphones etc as long as you have 3g signal. Can't really complain about a free service
Grooveshark leaches off your connection I believe. My ping always is high if I'm listening to grooveshark. Pandora is p tight.
[img]http://gyazo.com/31da9d251d5f08002c97ba3f3518ecae.png[/img] Problem, spotify :smug: [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Hinting Warez" - Asaratha))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;29530647]YouTube rips everywhere. It's ridiculous.[/QUOTE] You just gotta find the right one. It's a bit of a pain but that's just part of the process of "FUCK YEAH I FINALLY GOT IT" and after being pissed off and shit you feel all happy you finally got a high quality version of the song you've been looking for.
[QUOTE=CommanderPT;29529349]They are screwing over us as well you know. As far as I remember our accounts will be limited to listen to a song five times a month or something.[/QUOTE] Five times, full stop. No monthly reset. It annoyed me that they're pulling this but to be honest, I can afford £5 a month for zero adverts and dodging the limit so I'm going to do that when tomorrow rolls over. At least until I can find an equivalent free service.
[QUOTE=Duxfever;29528691]I hear Grooveshark calling my name[/QUOTE] whoohoo gee im glad grooveshark is still around, maybe i will listen to some daft punk. hmm, can't seem to think of a song, maybe I shall scroll through their albums [img]http://gyazo.com/fb3bd2232f3a041d42512bd53fd067fa.png[/img] [img]http://gyazo.com/5e2d0e8bcc7175f4cb9389ae95ceb875.png[/img] [img]http://gyazo.com/c2e5d59f8a8539436adb40649412693d.png[/img] :crossarms:
mflow, bitches
[QUOTE=rampageturke 2;29531813]whoohoo gee im glad grooveshark is still around, maybe i will listen to some daft punk. hmm, can't seem to think of a song, maybe I shall scroll through their albums [img_thumb]http://gyazo.com/fb3bd2232f3a041d42512bd53fd067fa.png[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://gyazo.com/5e2d0e8bcc7175f4cb9389ae95ceb875.png[/img_thumb] [img_thumb]http://gyazo.com/c2e5d59f8a8539436adb40649412693d.png[/img_thumb] :crossarms:[/QUOTE] That's the big issue with grooveshark Its artists, albums and songs are fucking horrible and you have to manually filter out the wrong things and stuff. Really annoying.
[QUOTE=mikeyt493;29532208]That's the big issue with grooveshark Its artists, albums and songs are fucking horrible and you have to manually filter out the wrong things and stuff. Really annoying.[/QUOTE] That's because grooveshark is not a legal service, it doesn't own any right to the music. It's all just from web/user submitted.
[QUOTE=Splambob;29531777]Five times, full stop. No monthly reset. It annoyed me that they're pulling this but to be honest, I can afford £5 a month for zero adverts and dodging the limit so I'm going to do that when tomorrow rolls over. At least until I can find an equivalent free service.[/QUOTE] So it happens at May 1st? Shit I need to listen to more music.
[QUOTE=johan_sm;29532323]That's because grooveshark is not a legal service, it doesn't own any right to the music. It's all just from web/user submitted.[/QUOTE] Which is why everyone has to join the MFLOW MASTER RACE
Seriously cannot believe this, I've used Spotify for music for ages.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;29528808]Nope I just have to put up with some adverts.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=chaz13;29528871]I love having a beta account.[/QUOTE] They are going to limit your accounts as well, they are limiting ALL free accounts (both open and "free")
This is so late I've written an a 3000 word report analysing four different sources reporting it and how they presented it to the media, handed it in and also had it graded.
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