Has anyone tried Rdio? I've tried both services (as a paid member) - and I really think I prefer Rdio - even though Spotify tends to get more media coverage. Rdio has a web based player (huge for people that can't install stuff on their work computer). They also have an iPad app, and I find both of their iPhone clients about the same. I haven't tried either of their services on Android... but I'll assume they have the same feature set as their respective iPhone clients.<p>Rdio also has much better music discovery services.<p>All in all - I really want to know what the Spotify hype is? (I want to use the <i>best</i> service, so if I'm missing something - please let me know).
I love/hate Spotify. I love the product and use it all the time. I signed up for premium after using the free version for one day, so they definitely won me over. What I absolutely hate is they have a huge number of show stopper bugs in the application. Songs don't play, songs go missing, can't get online, etc. Some have been reported over a year ago and still haven't been fixed.<p>Sometimes you'll get the message "Offline access for this computer/device has been withdrawn", which essentially deletes all your locally saved songs. Spotify limits the number of devices you can have offline access enabled on, but their algorithm is so awful it ends up nuking all your devices. So beware if you're planning on taking a long plane ride and suddenly your entire library disappears.
I can only wish them luck, it will be interesting to see if this model will be a successful one, since so many similar companies have trouble trudging on. They paid €45 million of licences in 2010 [1], and 2 million subscribers is probably close to €10 million revenue. They also have aggressive advertising.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2011011911391428493018" rel="nofollow">http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2011011911391428493018</a>
The irony of this is that I have just cancelled my Spotify account because tracks I have on my playlists have disappeared due to I assume various problems with record labels.<p>It's utterly annoying when you sit down in the office and the first track you go to is gone.