What is Spotify?

[DGS49]

I gather that Spotify is a smart phone app via which I can access music and podcasts.

At present - and for many years now - I have been using Pandora for my music needs, which are: listening to music when out on log walks or bike rides. Pandora is a free app (if you tolerate the ads, which I do) that only uses my cellphone data. When I exceed my monthly data allotment, Pandora pretty much crashes because the data transfer is too slow. Of course, when I'm on my home WiFi no data is used.

I have three "stations" that I listen to on Pandora, all of whom play a "curated" selection of similar music, the nature of which I will not divulge. My son tells me that Spotify allows me to listen to whole albums, but that is an advantage that doesn't interest me.

Why would I switch from Pandora to Spotify? What would be the advantage?

 

[JGalt]

I gather that Spotify is a smart phone app via which I can access music and podcasts.

At present - and for many years now - I have been using Pandora for my music needs, which are: listening to music when out on log walks or bike rides. Pandora is a free app (if you tolerate the ads, which I do) that only uses my cellphone data. When I exceed my monthly data allotment, Pandora pretty much crashes because the data transfer is too slow. Of course, when I'm on my home WiFi no data is used.

I have three "stations" that I listen to on Pandora, all of whom play a "curated" selection of similar music, the nature of which I will not divulge. My son tells me that Spotify allows me to listen to whole albums, but that is an advantage that doesn't interest me.

Why would I switch from Pandora to Spotify? What would be the advantage?

No idea. I never paid attention to either of them until some old 60's burnout musicians started yakking about it.

 

[Otis Mayfield]

Same as Pandora but bigger.

It has a free mode with ads.

Owned by a Swedish outfit, I think.

 

[Moonglow]

I gather that Spotify is a smart phone app via which I can access music and podcasts.

At present - and for many years now - I have been using Pandora for my music needs, which are: listening to music when out on log walks or bike rides. Pandora is a free app (if you tolerate the ads, which I do) that only uses my cellphone data. When I exceed my monthly data allotment, Pandora pretty much crashes because the data transfer is too slow. Of course, when I'm on my home WiFi no data is used.

I have three "stations" that I listen to on Pandora, all of whom play a "curated" selection of similar music, the nature of which I will not divulge. My son tells me that Spotify allows me to listen to whole albums, but that is an advantage that doesn't interest me.

Why would I switch from Pandora to Spotify? What would be the advantage?

How can you listen to the musical version of The War of the Worlds or Stan Freeberg's History of the US without listening to the whole album?

 

[Blues Man]

How can you listen to the musical version of The War of the Worlds or Stan Freeberg's History of the US without listening to the whole album?

you can listen to entire albums on Spotify

I do it all the time.

 

[Moonglow]

you can listen to entire albums on Spotify

I do it all the time.

I use YouTube or my sound system at home that plays albums.

 

[DGS49]

I understand about the complete albums (is that term obsolete now?), but I'm satisfied with the music I'm getting now.

I suspect YouTube would involve more data, which is a consideration. I do watch YouTube music at home.

From what I see here, there is little reason to switch from Pandora to Spotify.

 

[Wyatt earp]

Never heard of it

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I use YouTube and my extensive mp3 collection

 

[Ringel05]

I don't use it though I might have to start if the cancel culture has targeted them.

 

[fncceo]

I gather that Spotify is a smart phone app via which I can access music and podcasts.

Back in the day, we bought our music on LPs or 45's. Digital music was available in the 80s but there was no simple way to distribute it.

With the advent of The Internet, digital music files could be "shared" between owners (the music industry referred to this as piracy).

The music industry lost millions because of the new technology and they tried to sue it out of existence to no avail.

Finally, a company (Apple) showed that people who are after digital music will pay a minimal fee of $.99 a song and the music companies now provide content to the streaming services (the same services that they originally called pirates) and receive a cut of the per song fee.

Spotify is one of these companies, along with YouTube Music, Apple Music, Sirius, and others.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Back in the day, we bought our music on LPs or 45's. Digital music was available in the 80s but there was no simple way to distribute it.

With the advent of The Internet, digital music files could be "shared" between owners (the music industry referred to this as piracy).

The music industry lost millions because of the new technology and they tried to sue it out of existence to no avail.

Finally, a company (Apple) showed that people who are after digital music will pay a minimal fee of $.99 a song and the music companies now provide content to the streaming services (the same services that they originally called pirates) and receive a cut of the per song fee.

Spotify is one of these companies, along with YouTube Music, Apple Music, Sirius, and others.

No one will ever beat the awesomeness of Napster.
I believe they still hold the record for the most users in the world still today.

 

[fncceo]

No one will ever beat the awesomeness of Napster.
I believe they still hold the record for the most users in the world still today.

Amazing in that Napster started operations in 1999 and was shutdown in 2001.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Amazing in that Napster started operations in 1999 and was shutdown in 2001.

I was lucky enough to have been a Sys Admin at the time, and we had a T1 Line.
I would download dozens of songs a day. I had had 1000s of songs.

 

[Calypso Jones]

It appears the top owner of Spotify is also a top owner of Moderna.

I don't know but that almost looks like......... conflict of interest?

Infowars Article

Infowars: There's a War on for your Mind!

www.infowars.com

 

[Bleipriester]

I download music rather then streaming it. It is not just cost and ad free it also offers better quality.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Like, apparently a lot of folks since this whole Rogan thing happened - I signed up to Spotify.
So the effect of the censor fans and cancel stars - Rogan is gaining listeners, not losing.
They are enjoying an 18% gain in subscribers, a record.
And 40% gain in revenue.
Spotify be like... THANK YOU NEIL YOUNG!!! WHOO HOO!!!

Spotify reports surge in subscribers despite Joe Rogan controversy

Spotify reported a surge in subscribers and advertisers despite major artists removing their recording from the streaming service due to the Joe Rogan controversy.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Jarlaxle]

I listen to podcasts on Spotify. Music is Pandora...I have the $5/month ad-free subscription.