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geekhack Community => Other Geeky Stuff => Topic started by: AKIMbO on Sat, 18 February 2012, 07:53:51
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I'm getting an android phone in the next week and need to pick a music service. Currently, I have Zune Pass which is useless for android phones (can't put their DRM'ed songs on the phone). I've narrowed it down to MOG or Spotify. I'll be getting a premium account with whichever service I sign up for.
Which service is superior in your opinion?
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Never heard of MOG but spotify is great. We use it at home haven't signed up for phone use. THey have quite a bit of music though.
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Never heard of MOG but spotify is great. We use it at home haven't signed up for phone use. THey have quite a bit of music though.
Yeah..I've got a Spotify trial right now and MOGO premium account...don't ask I jumped the gun this morning. They both have positives and negatives...I'm finding spotify to have a better search engine (allows for adv searches like "label:'century media'"). However, I think MOGO has a little bit better audio quality. I think I might stick with Spotify for now because MOGO is lacking a windows desktop application (why on earth I have no clue but it does).
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Better sound quality huh. I have been pretty happy with spotify. But I don't have real high end audio equipment.
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To register with Spotify, you need a Facebook account.
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To register with Spotify, you need a Facebook account.
This must be something new.
Facebook MADE spotify.
Are you sure about that.
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Facebook MADE spotify.
You mean that Facebook helped Spotify get big fast in the US? That may be true.
Spotify was already big in Europe.
I am not against integrating with Facebook, or other social networking sites.
The fact that Spotify requires Facebook, that you can not get a Spotify account without a Facebook account is bad.
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I am not against integrating with Facebook, or other social networking sites.
The fact that Spotify requires Facebook, that you can not get a Spotify account without a Facebook account is bad.
Agreed. I was going to try it out a couple months ago, but the FB requirement turned me away. :ohwell:
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Here's a vote for rdio. I much prefer their interface, rates (we've got a family plan going) and the ability to use a web client if I'm away from my phone/home machine.
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Here's a vote for rdio. I much prefer their interface, rates (we've got a family plan going) and the ability to use a web client if I'm away from my phone/home machine.
Wow theres a lot of them now.
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The Spotify and Facebook promotion must be a new thing, because I didn't have that requirement when I signed up back when limited access was granted to US users.
Splurged on a Spotify Premium subscription late last year after trying out a friend's account. Music sounds very nice through my headphones (Ultrasone HFI-580) and the difference between the standard stream (160kbps) and the high-quality stream (320kbps) is very noticeable. I love the Radio "app" that they threw in there, makes music discovery on Spotify much better. I used to rely on Pandora to give me new music to listen to, but now Spotify does a decent job of finding similar artists and tracks. The algorithm still needs a little work, but for the most part it works well.
Also love being able to bring my music with me on the road with the mobile app. Last time I checked, only the iOS devices were able to stream at 320kbps; other platforms are still restricted to 160kbps. No big deal though, with the sound system I have in the car I can't really tell the difference.
One and a half days of work for unlimited music for a whole year. That was too good of a price to pass up!
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Spotify is awesome. It literally stopped me from pirating music, just like how hulu and netflix stopped me from pirating movies, for awhile. $8 seems small but it seems to add up with all the other services that I subscribe for, but I keep it due to convenience. It's really nice to be able to hear a song from a friend or the radio and add the whole artist's album with a single click and have the hassle of purchasing it abstracted away. The only issue I have with it is the same issue I have with hulu and netflix. The library is limited. And I assume that the rights to music is a bit more lenient than movies, but it could be possible that spotify's library doesn't grow quick enough and might lose contracts if they are not able to keep clients satisfied. I guess, in short, what I'm saying is that I really like the idea of spotify, but it might be just a fad.