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Spotify And Facebook Take Pandora Down To $10 Even If Sirius Can’t Compete

2 pointsby ekmalmost 14 years ago

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bradleylandalmost 14 years ago
I have to wonder if anyone on this team has actually used any of these services, or if this is just some kind of takedown piece? I'm a Sirius subscriber and a Pandora One subscriber. The <i>very moment</i> that I purchase a car that offers Pandora integration, Sirius is out the door.<p>Just like cable vision, Sirius has hundreds of channels full of music I really don't want to listen to. Meanwhile, I drop an artist or song name in to Pandora and magically, I have hours of quality listening available. It's amazing. The Music Genome Project is Pandora's most powerful asset. It allows them to piece together relevent music, even for edge cases.<p>My Spotify invite come through yet, so I haven't had a chance to use their service, but it strikes me as a little bit different use case. Spotify appears to allow you to listen to specific music. That's not really how I use Pandora, and I think there's room for both:<p>Spotify - a replacement for purchasing thousands of dollars of music that I'll only listen to for a few months.<p>Pandora - a replacement for the radio that plays music I don't like.<p>As someone who uses two out of three of these services, I don't see Sirius sticking around long once 3G data service is common place in automobiles. Additionally, I think there's room in the market for Spotify <i>and</i> Pandora, both of which fill different needs. I still buy music from iTMS, but I'd jump at a fixed price solution like Spotify. I still want to listen to "random" music that fits my tastes while at my desk or driving.