Last.fm Subscription - or, Would you pay for streaming music?
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I purchased a 3-month Last.fm[^] subscription for outrageously low price of $9. I find the service pretty good. Sound quality is nothing exceptional but I can't hear any evident distortion/artifact (I've got a "real" HiFi system connected to the PC). The only downside is some short lag or glitch, every once in a while (two or three times a hour). Question: would you pay for a music streaming service? I'd never imagined that I could end up doing that myself.
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I paid for a digitally imported[^] premium account years and years and years ago. It was pretty cheap and all it got you was access to the high quality and high bandwidth connection rather than the bog standard 96kbps mp3 stream. I used it a lot in uni where they had an internet connection that could handle the high speed of the better quality. My home connection couldn't keep up at the time so I only had it a year or two.
Simon
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I use Spotify. I'm happy with the free service, so I'll keep using that. The adverts can occasionally get irritating but its like listening to a radio where I get to pick the playlist.
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Well, I've been a Last.fm user for along time now and I'm used to the website. Their service is a bit more advanced in my opinion. Not sure if it's worth the money, anyway.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
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I paid for a digitally imported[^] premium account years and years and years ago. It was pretty cheap and all it got you was access to the high quality and high bandwidth connection rather than the bog standard 96kbps mp3 stream. I used it a lot in uni where they had an internet connection that could handle the high speed of the better quality. My home connection couldn't keep up at the time so I only had it a year or two.
Simon
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I purchased a 3-month Last.fm[^] subscription for outrageously low price of $9. I find the service pretty good. Sound quality is nothing exceptional but I can't hear any evident distortion/artifact (I've got a "real" HiFi system connected to the PC). The only downside is some short lag or glitch, every once in a while (two or three times a hour). Question: would you pay for a music streaming service? I'd never imagined that I could end up doing that myself.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
Dario Solera wrote:
Question: would you pay for a music streaming service?
no. most of the music I listen to is not online (i.e. not on streaming sites) and most of the time I'm not near a computer when I do listen. (BTW, I buy music online and on CD)
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digitally is cool, my favorite radio. The free offer is so good that I have never understand what I should pay for.
This was quite a long time ago. I sometimes had problems with their free servers being too busy - This may have changed now, whenever I've listened since (although I don't much anymore) they've always been really good. And I liked the higher quality audio.
Simon
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Well, I've been a Last.fm user for along time now and I'm used to the website. Their service is a bit more advanced in my opinion. Not sure if it's worth the money, anyway.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
Dario Solera wrote:
Their service is a bit more advanced in my opinion.
It plays music. What more do I really want? It sits minimised for most of the time.
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Dario Solera wrote:
Their service is a bit more advanced in my opinion.
It plays music. What more do I really want? It sits minimised for most of the time.
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Last.fm started as a way to find new music by "scrobbling" your playlists to their site. This is done with a WMP plugin and they also support iPod scrobbling. I've discovered a lot of new bands thanks to Last.fm, their recommendations are accurate. As for the paid subscription, you can set the player to play specific artists, tags, recommendations, friends' music and a combination of the above. Most importantly, Last.fm is available in Italy whilst Spotify (or Pandora) is not. :-D
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
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I purchased a 3-month Last.fm[^] subscription for outrageously low price of $9. I find the service pretty good. Sound quality is nothing exceptional but I can't hear any evident distortion/artifact (I've got a "real" HiFi system connected to the PC). The only downside is some short lag or glitch, every once in a while (two or three times a hour). Question: would you pay for a music streaming service? I'd never imagined that I could end up doing that myself.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
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I purchased a 3-month Last.fm[^] subscription for outrageously low price of $9. I find the service pretty good. Sound quality is nothing exceptional but I can't hear any evident distortion/artifact (I've got a "real" HiFi system connected to the PC). The only downside is some short lag or glitch, every once in a while (two or three times a hour). Question: would you pay for a music streaming service? I'd never imagined that I could end up doing that myself.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
i wouldn't. but my main reason is that i don't really like having other people choose what i'm going to listen to. i almost never listen to music on the radio, for example. i prefer to choose it myself (or let Shuffle pick from my own library).
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I purchased a 3-month Last.fm[^] subscription for outrageously low price of $9. I find the service pretty good. Sound quality is nothing exceptional but I can't hear any evident distortion/artifact (I've got a "real" HiFi system connected to the PC). The only downside is some short lag or glitch, every once in a while (two or three times a hour). Question: would you pay for a music streaming service? I'd never imagined that I could end up doing that myself.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
Dario Solera wrote:
Question: would you pay for a music streaming service?
[insert 7 Up voice] Never had it, never will. [/insert 7 Up voice]
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I purchased a 3-month Last.fm[^] subscription for outrageously low price of $9. I find the service pretty good. Sound quality is nothing exceptional but I can't hear any evident distortion/artifact (I've got a "real" HiFi system connected to the PC). The only downside is some short lag or glitch, every once in a while (two or three times a hour). Question: would you pay for a music streaming service? I'd never imagined that I could end up doing that myself.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
I discovered 5, maybe 6 of my top 15 artists on last.fm. Sadly, that was when I was at my previous company, where last.fm was not blocked. At my current organisation, it's blocked and my home internet speed is way too less for me to listen to streaming music. That said, $3 a month is a fairly significant amount - I spend less than that on a working week for lunch. I think they should have left it free or make everybody pay - they are discriminating against users not in DE, UK, US. This way, I won't pay a paisa to the bastards.
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
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I discovered 5, maybe 6 of my top 15 artists on last.fm. Sadly, that was when I was at my previous company, where last.fm was not blocked. At my current organisation, it's blocked and my home internet speed is way too less for me to listen to streaming music. That said, $3 a month is a fairly significant amount - I spend less than that on a working week for lunch. I think they should have left it free or make everybody pay - they are discriminating against users not in DE, UK, US. This way, I won't pay a paisa to the bastards.
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
I guess they target Countries where there are the most potential customers.
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
That said, $3 a month is a fairly significant amount - I spend less than that on a working week for lunch. I think they should have left it free or make everybody pay - they are discriminating against users not in DE, UK, US. This way, I won't pay a paisa to the bastards.
Good for you. I spend €3 (~$4.5) in coffee in two days... luckily it's just a matter of exchange rates.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
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I purchased a 3-month Last.fm[^] subscription for outrageously low price of $9. I find the service pretty good. Sound quality is nothing exceptional but I can't hear any evident distortion/artifact (I've got a "real" HiFi system connected to the PC). The only downside is some short lag or glitch, every once in a while (two or three times a hour). Question: would you pay for a music streaming service? I'd never imagined that I could end up doing that myself.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
I second Pandora. I would probably never pay to stream music though, unless I could pick the exact artist/songs I want to play.
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I purchased a 3-month Last.fm[^] subscription for outrageously low price of $9. I find the service pretty good. Sound quality is nothing exceptional but I can't hear any evident distortion/artifact (I've got a "real" HiFi system connected to the PC). The only downside is some short lag or glitch, every once in a while (two or three times a hour). Question: would you pay for a music streaming service? I'd never imagined that I could end up doing that myself.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Photos/CP Flickr Group - ScrewTurn Wiki
I really like GrooveShark[^] and quickly paid for the "VIP" service when it became available ($30/year). Not only music on demand, but it also has a Radio feature which picks similar songs to what you are listening to. I haven't been able to find a song yet that wasn't available to play. With some creative searching you can make some great playlists, like "80s" for a selection of 80's hits. Highly recommend checking out the free service.
