Err...isn't this what we have all been waiting for?
Music on demand for free (with a few ads thrown in).
Thats Spotify, a swedish start-up that is like iTunes but without the ridiculous prices. It's free if you agree to take ads every now and then or £10 per month.
Too good to be true?
Apparently so. Today I read that some tracks are being hastily removed, although they won't say how many it's a bad sign.
The only other problem is the sound quality. Not great but when you are getting free access to over a million tracks beggars can't be choosers.
Eat your heart out Apple.
My only fear is it will be so popular the labels will pull even more tracks.
More later....I'm off for more Spotification.
I am a paid user and highly advise everybody to pay.
1. Have access to spotify on my Nokia and Itouch and my gf's htc as well. Only problem only one of us can be listening to spotify at the same time (we're in love... with spotify so we've had these arguments over the phone calling each other and saying "it's my f... turn, log out NOW" :-) Killer feature for me
2. Don't need to be online, I can synchronise the playlists I want up to something like 2000 songs.
3. Quality is 320kps, not CD like but good enough. This is another killer feature
4. Can listen to spotify anywhere in the world (great if you travel a lot)
5. No ads. To me, this is a minor inconvenience, so not on top of my list
Posted by: spofiedaswell@spotifyisgreat | January 26, 2010 at 12:47 PM
I still prefer to buy my music - itunes is just too convenient :)
Posted by: Cheap calls to South Africa | July 15, 2011 at 02:07 PM