Spotify: worth signing up?

Scopitone · 09-18-2013, 12:49 PM

I love it. I am very happy to pay $10 a month to listen to almost anything I can think of. These days, I even tend to just stream albums I already own from iTunes, CD, amazon MP3, etc. (I figure every stream pays a tiny bit of $$ for the artist, whereas they already got paid when I bought their record on iTunes three years ago.)

Tracks sound great for me, and I like being able to download playlists to my iPhone for using at the gym, for example.

And I enjoy the social aspect of it posting on my FB, as there's a few folks I chat with there about what we're hearing. And I found Soundrop yesterday, which reminds me a little of turntable.fm, and I think that's going to be a cool feature.

What it comes down to is that I could never afford to buy all the music I am listening to now. But in exchange, I am listening to way more music than I would have done before without relying on youtube or other ways of sampling stuff.

Scopitone · 09-18-2013, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SamGalaxy

I dont think it's worth $5 just to get rid of the ads but at the same time $5 isn't so bad. I have spotify and I don't mind the ads but if you really can stand it I think you should get it.

I would probably be okay with the ads if I only ever listened on my desktop. But I use my iPhone all the time to play music - even when I am at home. So I need the $10 account.

And it's worth it to me to pay a few bucks since my listening has shifted to about 95% streaming in the last few months, and it will only increase.

Trollheart · 09-20-2013, 02:16 PM

Since this has been bumped, does anyone know how to resize the search bar? Mine has shrunk to tiny proportions (ooo-eeer!) and I really have to squint or else push my nose right up to the monitor to make sure what I'm typing is what I think it is. It just changed one day and I haven't been able to change it back. Real pain.

Texas · 09-20-2013, 09:12 PM

I use it to test the music I want to buy.

Hidatsu · 09-21-2013, 06:22 PM

I've only had spotify on my computer (the free version) and if I had the money, I would most definitely pay the $10 for the premium to have my music anywhere. It's better than iTunes because you don't have to pay per album or per song, just monthly.

Overcast · 03-14-2015, 10:48 PM

Spotify's newest update was so damn terrible that I had to find a way to downgrade my version. They removed SO many important functions. Using that crap for a day and then reverting back felt just amazing. Hoping they actually read all the complaints and fix it as soon as possible.

Isbjørn · 03-15-2015, 06:04 AM

I have Premium and I love it.

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Originally Posted by Overcast

Spotify's newest update was so damn terrible that I had to find a way to downgrade my version. They removed SO many important functions. Using that crap for a day and then reverting back felt just amazing. Hoping they actually read all the complaints and fix it as soon as possible.

How do you downgrade?

**Goofle** · 03-15-2015, 07:53 AM

Yeah, the update is garbage.

Overcast · 03-15-2015, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Isbjørn

I have Premium and I love it.

How do you downgrade?

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Hel...t/true#M111335

Dylstew · 03-15-2015, 12:19 PM

How the hell do people stream spotify so much on the go? Do they really have that much mobile internet? Isn't that expensive as ****?

09-20-2013, 02:16 PM	#53 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Since this has been bumped, does anyone know how to resize the search bar? Mine has shrunk to tiny proportions (ooo-eeer!) and I really have to squint or else push my nose right up to the monitor to make sure what I'm typing is what I think it is. It just changed one day and I haven't been able to change it back. Real pain. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

09-20-2013, 09:12 PM	#54 (permalink)
Texas Groupie Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 28	I use it to test the music I want to buy. __________________ RYM.

09-18-2013, 12:49 PM	#51 (permalink)
Scopitone Groupie Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Colorado Posts: 20	I love it. I am very happy to pay $10 a month to listen to almost anything I can think of. These days, I even tend to just stream albums I already own from iTunes, CD, amazon MP3, etc. (I figure every stream pays a tiny bit of $$ for the artist, whereas they already got paid when I bought their record on iTunes three years ago.) Tracks sound great for me, and I like being able to download playlists to my iPhone for using at the gym, for example. And I enjoy the social aspect of it posting on my FB, as there's a few folks I chat with there about what we're hearing. And I found Soundrop yesterday, which reminds me a little of turntable.fm, and I think that's going to be a cool feature. What it comes down to is that I could never afford to buy all the music I am listening to now. But in exchange, I am listening to way more music than I would have done before without relying on youtube or other ways of sampling stuff.

09-21-2013, 06:22 PM	#55 (permalink)
Hidatsu Groupie Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In my own world Posts: 8	I've only had spotify on my computer (the free version) and if I had the money, I would most definitely pay the $10 for the premium to have my music anywhere. It's better than iTunes because you don't have to pay per album or per song, just monthly.

03-14-2015, 10:48 PM	#56 (permalink)
Overcast . Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: . Posts: 1,531	Spotify's newest update was so damn terrible that I had to find a way to downgrade my version. They removed SO many important functions. Using that crap for a day and then reverting back felt just amazing. Hoping they actually read all the complaints and fix it as soon as possible.

03-15-2015, 12:19 PM	#60 (permalink)
Dylstew Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,366	How the hell do people stream spotify so much on the go? Do they really have that much mobile internet? Isn't that expensive as ****?