I have just requested my Spotify free account to be deleted (it is done via email). I had this account since nearly the beginning cos I was moved from LastFM. It seems the story repeats again and, much to my sorrow, it will not be my last time. I was a loyal user of LastFM for years (besides there was a plugin for rhythmbox which I loved) but in 2009 they decided I needed a subscription. I changed to Spotify which impressed me. It was not a radio, it was your personal music device but with almost all the songs of the world. Of course the snag was that there was no native Linux application, but wine worked well enough for me. Sadly Spotify changed free account access some months ago, since then I could only listen to music ten hours per month, and they are very few! So I needed to change again. I decided to use Grooveshark. It is just a web page where you can also select the songs you like to listen. When I discovered you can drag some songs, turn on the radio and it keeps playing forever choosing similar songs, I decided it would be my first choice. Here the problems are that the page uses the annoying flash player and there are no songs of The Chemical Brothers (not even The Test, a glaring error as my brother says ). But, again, it is good enough for me (dammit! I just want to listen to music!). I am going to use the chromium application shortcut feature, I prefer it in a separate and clear window.
This week I found that Grooveshark sometimes stops playing and asks if you are still there (obviously it happens when you let it playing for a long time). It is really a pain in the ass, you have to stop what you are doing and click that yes, I am fucking here. Please take this into account. I am not sure what I hate more, this or Spotify ads (they were annoying but the music was never stopped).
Well, Grooveshark is my new way to listen to music... How long will it last this time?
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