Free Spotify... no more
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- maikel
So it looks like the ad revenue model never worked and doesn't matter, and all free accounts will be able to play 5 times a song before being given the finger, as a farewell gift.
The cost of a full account that allows you to play on the go at your mobile as well is a tenner a month. Not too much, and not too little.
Are there any users out there feeling a little disappointed about a great free service that goes premium?
- - For those in the US, this is a bit like Pandora...
- orrinward0
Disappointed, but not with the company.
This seems to be down to the music industry throttling rather than for moneygrubbing purposes. I've always been baffled about how Spotify managed to offer it's free service with as little limitation as it did. For ages it was the same as premium except with a few ads.
Spotify isn't my main source of music, so the 20 hour limit was never hit, even with a few people using the same account.
- Projectile0
- damn you projectile!
anyway, when are we doing the next qbn drinks?maikel
- damn you projectile!
- jamble0
Reallistically they could never sustain the shit ad supported model and I don't think a tenner a month for such a service is anything other than good value.
We used the free one for a bit but the ads were so fucking annoyingly bad we quickly upgraded anyway.
- orrinward0
I used to quite like the ads as a bunch of people from where I worked at the time Spotify was released had just joined them. It was amusing hearing former colleagues say 'Hi I'm XXXXX from Spotify' while we were at work.
- maikel0
Yeah, I personally think that the price is fair, but expelling out of the free users doesn't really help. And as it was said in a few forums the only thing they will get is people compulsively creating new users to bypass the limitations for a few months/weeks.
They will not get more paid users by doing this... people who do not pay for a record mostly do so due to a principle/philosophy rather than being unable to pay for it... So they will move on to the next free service.
I own most of the records I listen to in spotify and I had my account forever. While it is more practical to search through the thingy than finding the files in my hard drive (not to mention in the bloody shelves) I don't think I will upgrade.