Comments on: Spotify Bay

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:23:54 +0000

Since Spotify was hacked I’ve had to change my e-mail address etc because of identity theft, and yet they still say don’t worry.

Tottally amateurish !!

By: andreas

andreas — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:38:29 +0000

Regarding Spotify and streaming, Spotify has a cache on your harddrive so it won’t have to download data that often. This makes one question wether you stream the music or not.

But they indeed lack some good electronic music to be attractive.

By: Laura Timmins

Laura Timmins — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:42:35 +0000

Will they ever get some customer service?

Or are they soooooooooooo overwhelmed with pissed off customers it takes more than 3 months to reply?

My god Spotify really sucks !!

By: Johan Svensson

Johan Svensson — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:09:42 +0000

Yes, this one has grasped the concept of “blog” quite nicely.

By: Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:06:44 +0000

Spotify stinks? :O Yeah… That’s your opinion

By: mr ecklie

mr ecklie — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:08:36 +0000

Why do you think “the Great Purge” happened? Because they knew that something like SpotSave would come along. And sure ads are annoying, but that’s what keeps “free” services like this running. Freeconomics, you know. I bet Spotify won’t last very long, surely the record companies will pull out if downloading their whole catalogue is made this easy. Why can’t people just enjoy Spotify as it is? If you want to download shit, there’s the Pirate bay etc available. Dumb fucks!

By: Sharky

Sharky — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:06:18 +0000

SpotSave no longer works.

By: Karl

Karl — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:27:22 +0000

Interesting post!

I agree that some people will do what they want with a stream of data to their computer. But the one really in control is the provider of the stream,(which needs powerful hardware, know-how, and money to be sustainable). The quality of Spotify, and what creates the huge demand for service lies in the stream, that people can explore and get immediate acccess to a huge library of music (and create a new music collection every day in form of a new playlist.) I think Spotify (and it´s stream) serves the public need of constant change and exploration. That is the power of a well executed streaming service in my opinion. Saving it to your computer may have its benefits but for most of the users I think its just a rather timeconsuming hobby.

Despotify actually got access to the spotify stream but only for premium (paying) customers, which is fair since spotify pays for the hardware. No matter how many hacked spotifyversions that arise, they still have to get hold of the spotifystream, and that one will never be free.

In general i think pirate activites will continue to serve pirate needs ie downloading,torrenting,collecting,tagging, sharing, releasing and bragging about music. Streaming serves the more general need of just browsing music according to mood and taste. And thats a key difference. Both will of course, continue to exist but streaming will, thanks to its broader appeal, be a larger , more social experience. And the fact that some people are,( through a specific personal interest), tinkering with the stream when it ends in their computer, is not a real worry for Spotify and other services like it. Thats what I think at least…

By: Peter Jaric

Peter Jaric — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:46:14 +0000

Actually, when Spotify pauses, it starts again if you press play even if the volume still is low, so the fix would be even easier. Especially since Mutify is implemented in AutoHotKey.

By: Johan Svensson

Johan Svensson — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:53:03 +0000

Here’s one that looks decent. You can search for “blizzard glider eula” etc to find more.

Overall it’s a pretty bad precedent — not being able to do what you want with the memory in your computer.