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.