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Spotify has been around for a good year and hasn't changed much; it's still one of our favorite applications for music on-demand and music library management. Taking cues from iTunes, Spotify integrates your existing music libraries with its own giant catalog of songs from artists all over the world. Where it trumps iTunes is that all the music is pretty much available to stream for free, with offline functionality for an addition ten bucks a month. In their in-app advertisements, claimss like "Piracy is overrated" are quite justified; it's seriously one of the most easiest ways to grab just about any song you can think of, and stellar for discovering new music.
And while we've already covered the highlights of the layout and the general functions of the service, Spotify has since then been pushing users to take advantage of its own app catalog to further enhance the playlist creation experience.
Apps are available from bigger names and sites like BillBoard charts and well known musicians, as well as discovery brands like HypeM to help users discover new music from just about any genre. And while users can already explore curated lists from their synced friends via Facebook, Spotify apps are in some sense the company's response to address the need for more curated lists.
It's not surprising that the actual number of apps in their catalog is rather small, but then again there's really only so much you can do with music playlists. From our experience most of the apps are centered around music discovery and suggestion, or syncing with well known discovery sites like Hypem. They are interesting for a bit but few apps really add any new legitimate features or functions to the music listening experience, except just visual reorientations of artist spotlights. My personal favorite was simply the TuneWiki lyrics plugin; it basically turned my Spotify app into a makeshift karaoke so I can secretly sing and rap to myself at work. Other apps that were also interesting included Fuse, an app that highlight music of artists that make headlines or appear on the news.
Your favorited apps will follow you whenever you log onto Spotify, no matter what machine you're on.
If you're looking for a free, legal way to get all your favorite songs on your computer, stop living under a rock and download this now.
Publisher's Description
From Spotify:
Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply download and install, before you know it you'll be singing along to the genre, artist or song of your choice. With Spotify you are never far away from the song you want.
There are no restrictions in terms of what you can listen to or when. Forget about the hassle of waiting for files to download and fill up your hard drive before you get round to organizing them. Spotify is instant, fun and simple.
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3.7 starsout of 106 votes
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"Excellent!!"
Version: Spotify 0.8.8.450
Pros
Easy to navigate, good search engine, wide variety of choices.
Cons
None that come to mind.
Summary
Thank you so very much!
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"Virus.......Spam....Stay Away"
Version: Spotify 0.8.8.450
Pros
works great on my wifes computer and I enjoy it being able to sync my phone with my computers music.
Cons
This installation has a virus in it and begins to download all kinds of garbage.It downloads programs and add on's for your browser and has a blocker virus .
Summary
Download from another site until Cnet can fix....DO NOT INSTALL THIS
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"technical mess, waste of a promise"
Version: Spotify 0.8.5.133
Pros
ok selection, not so great. multi language selection. nice sharing feature. not worth it even free though, see cons, see summary
Cons
terrible technical backbone. my account was somehow "lost" my playlists gone, my entire spotify desktop was showing someone else name, friends actions, & playlists
spotify's "solution": delete since you signed up with facebook & recreate everythig
also, windows desktop version as of january 2013 basically, has this annoying pop up behavior on certain spotify ads or ad changes in banners that takes over your screen regardless of what other application you are busy working on. VERY INTRUSIVE. spotify has known about it since at least 8 months ago and apparently is doing everything they can to fix it... must not be enough
all support is done via forums and contact forms and it is super slow and mostly totally useless. (they keep excusing, not answering or just keep blabing and repeating same old useless stuff)Summary
your technical backend sucks. ***********. your customer support stinks. a contact form? really?! not even a live chat?
so cheap. so disgustingly unpleasant of a taste and experience in my mouth.
right now i have to worry if someone may have gotten access to my facebook account or worse yet my email account. and it would be only cuz of these fools.
stay away especially if you are forced to use a facebook account to sign up... this more and more sounds and feels like a scam, a data collection and mining operation than an honest music streaming business -
"Annoying ads, music selection is limited"
Version: Spotify 0.8.4.124
Pros
It is great to be able to listen to all the music, nice that you can listen to what your friends have been listening too .
Cons
very annoying that you have to have a facebook to use it. The ads **** me off. They play the same exact ads over and over again. It would be okay if they were actually some ads telling you about things and having some variety, but hearing the same ad 20+ times is ridiculous. All of their money comes from paying subscribers anyways, I wish they would do more what they say they do and get ads that are actually generating money and using that to pay the artists. Then they could also lower the price for monthly pay.
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"Definitely NOT worth the price!"
Version: Spotify 0.8.4.124
Pros
Comparing to other music streaming services like Rdio or Groovshark... can't think of any.
Cons
The player and playlist editor are simply crap. You have much less freedom than programs like Grooveshark. More, for the price of the premium account I thought I would be left alone listening to my music. But no! First is the change to the user agreement then this constant bothering trying to get you to share your music on your facebook account. I DON'T WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING WITH ANYONE! I JUST WANT TO LISTEN TO MUSIC! I thought this was simple but it turns out it is not!
Summary
Do yourself a favor and find another program...
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"No longer works"
Version: Spotify 0.8.4.124
Pros
Great selection of music, great apps in the program.
Cons
New update has major bugs, support is lacking, two (almost three) months without a fix.
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"Fantastic Music App"
Version: Spotify 0.8.4.124
Pros
Beautiful streaming - no old fashioned "buffering". Unlimited variety of music to choose from. The online library has many choices, rarely will you ever come across a song that you can't find. Automatically imports all MP3 files so that you can access them through the program. No longer have iTunes on my computer. Just love this app.
Cons
Can't lower the volume to a certain low level or mute without the ad pausing - must bear listening to them, though they are never longer than 60 seconds, so it isn't that bad. Can't complain too much.
Summary
Great program.
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"The best legal website for music"
Version: Spotify 0.8.4.124
Pros
Lots of almost every record available today. Intuitive. Integrated with social media and a smartfone app.
They pay for the right to the music.
Small monthly fee for ad free music.Cons
If you don't like music, don't bother.
If you're still living in the previous decade and think everything should be free, don't bother. By the way don't forget to steal your food too.
Some dinosaur bands, and record labels who never knows what time it is, refuse to participate, but more and more are coming around.
It seems they mostly provide music that is currently available.Summary
I still buy records (and CD's) but I almost always end up listening to them on Spotify anyway.
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"My itunes is far too meticulously organized for DJ'ing."
Version: Spotify 0.8.4.107
Pros
I'm sure the fact that you can find ANY song you want is awesome but of course there's ads and eventually you have to PAY UP! I have over 200GB of Music, all tagged and sorted in smart playlists for DJing. I would really <3 to try this but the copying process may be a bit too much.
Cons
You have to PAY $$$ for the service. I don't like ads especially on something as sacred as music. FAcebook registration is kinda lame.
Summary
As much as I want to try it I can't because 1. I don't want to have to pay to listen to music. I have enough bills. 2. I do not want this app copying my entire music library again.
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"Forced user to login with facebook"
Version: Spotify 0.8.4.107
Pros
I never get to try.
Cons
Forced user to use facebook
Take a whole afternoon to remove from MACSummary
My roommate recommend spotify to me.
Thought I should try it out.
Forced user to use facebook to login.
Take me a whole sunday afternoon to uninstall on my MAC.
Regret that decision.
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