Comments on: Spotify extends playing offline to desktop – Are you getting this Apple?

By: caps

caps — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:36:00 +0000

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By: spotifyrip

spotifyrip — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:50:05 +0000

‘m disappointed that this is such an amazing service but it will probably never reach the popularity it deserves because of the dominance of iTunes.

By: HereAndNow

HereAndNow — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:46:28 +0000

The key features I like, about a service like Spotify, are:

1. You can listen to the music you want, on virtually any device, without having to “sync” devices.

2. You don’t have to worry about backing up your music.

3. You don’t have to cart around boxes of CDs, when you move, or try to find a specific CD, in your pile of CDs, that has the song you want to listen to.

4. If compression rates or technology improve, in the future, you benefit by them. Your ripped or purchased MP3 library is frozen in time, unless you re-rip/upgrade everything.

By: Sami

Sami — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:05:31 +0000

As is often the case, in Spotify it’s the execution, not the idea that matters. In Spotify you can listen to (practically) any music you want instantly.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:00:37 +0000

@Marco ah ok, thats unfortunate. Thanks for letting me know though!

By: Marco

Marco — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:01:45 +0000

@Mark

Even when you sign up using a proxy, they started checking the IP when you now access Spotify.

Can’t use it since 2 weeks. I immediately get an error message:

>>Your current location is different from that you
>> set in your profile, if you’ve moved please
>> update your profile. You can travel for 14 days
>> or upgrade to premium for unlimited travel.

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By: Alyssa Myers

Alyssa Myers — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:58:07 +0000

Physical mp3s? I know what you mean though. Not having to keep a library maintained is definitely attractive. I just wish Spotify was available in the States.

By: Daniel Raffel

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:45:05 +0000

Spotify continues to kill it. Can’t wait to checkout this new feature. It’s so great to see someone still innovating in the music space.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:31:41 +0000

why not 3,334?

By: Spotify Adds Offline Music Caching To Its Desktop Player | Gizmodo Australia

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:30:37 +0000

[...] I’ll be eager to see if they can get as cozy a licensing deal as they found in the UK. [Techcrunch] [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:11:10 +0000

Are there any ways for us Canada/US users to sign up for Spotify these days?

By: Harri

Harri — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:48:45 +0000

@Shane

Since I got the Spotify app for my mobile, that includes offline playlists, I’ve not listened to a “physical” MP3 since.

The only thing Spotify loses on w/ regards to iTunes is the range of artists. No Beatles, etc.

By: Spotify Adds Offline Music Caching to Its Desktop Player, Makes iTunes Look Prudish [Software] | Gizmo Nerd

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:48:06 +0000

[...] The feature, which lets users designate any or all of their content to be available offline, is only available to the £9.99/month or £120/year premium subscribers, but effectively hands them unlimited music, available at all times, for a flat fee. The mobile app is still the showstopper here—we’ve seen a few all-you-can-eat DRM music services before—but, you know, still, insult to injury. Our only consolation? Spotify thinks they can launch in the US before the end of the year, though I’ll be eager to see if they can get as cozy a licensing deal as they found in the UK. [Techcrunch] [...]

By: blah

blah — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:38:12 +0000

Haha you said Physical Mp3s

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:26:32 +0000

There is no way that this is an iTunes killer. iTunes has a dramatically larger userbase, as well as 1-2-3 syncing with the most popular MP3 player by far. Spotify has a lot of hype to live up to…

By: dude

dude — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:08:06 +0000

They’re writing the near future: a complete library of ALL the music, a fantastic dream, month ago, may become a reality.

Same as the books library, you don’t pay for owning a book but for acceding to the ENTIRE collection of them.

Freedom is not owning, is getting access, I think.
Minds will slowly change. And culture be opened widely.

By: Maple

Maple — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:37:37 +0000

It’s all about marketing!

Basically this is a subscription music service. You cancel your subscription, you loose your music (I know you will still be able to use the free version), but for most people you loose your ability to play music ANYWHERE! No threat to iTunes.

By: Santi

Santi — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:28:07 +0000

Would be cool to get some apps for the Nokia phones aswell… Kinda lame with the apps available in Ovi atm.

By: Santi

Santi — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:27:21 +0000

This is going to be fantastic!

By: Name Here

Name Here — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:48:59 +0000

You can store up to 3,333 songs on your computer.

By: Jim Kerr

Jim Kerr — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:48:36 +0000

In the United States, that is. I don’t know the paid subscription models available in Europe.

By: Jim Kerr

Jim Kerr — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:47:36 +0000

As noted above, none of this is new except for the free ad-supported model. All of the features people are excited about are already available in Rhapsody.

If premium is driving their business model, then they need to do a lot more than just copy features Rhapsody has had for years.