Comments on: Spotify iPhone App – Worth £9.99 a month? Hell yes!

By: sammy

sammy — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:25:03 +0000

ive just bought the new sony ericsson vivaz mobile phone and only accepts premium spotify….all the music i have ever listened to is on my computer stored in my spotify account…..i dont use my cds anymore infact have not bought one in about 5 years…i hear a song..i get dtraight onto spotify and 9 times out of 10 its there…click…save to playlist and its there…forever (aslong as i have a computer) Paying 10 quid a month seems like a bargin to me……to replace all my spotify music with cd and then transfer to my mobile phone would (a) be a complete nightmare (b) cost me a years wage and (c) in this day and age be ridiculous! im sure something else will be around the corner…just like when people pay 400 quid for and playstation then 6 months later pay another 400 for the updated version….lets sta with the times and make life easier for ourselves. Spotify…i salute you for making my travel and social life easier!!!! im a very lazy person and allowing me to pay for music to listen to it whenever i want is my saviour….remember when we used to pay 20 quid for an album and put it into a portable cd player…goodness me!

By: RDANE

RDANE — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:39:51 +0000

Very good point, there are no long term contracts involved you can pull out at anytime

By: RDANE

RDANE — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:34:15 +0000

At the end if the day if u buy songs of iTunes you have them forever and you can listern to them whenever you want. I often play music from a long time ago. Just cause it not new doesn’t mean it not good! So renting music at 9.99 a month is just silly especially as your paying to rent loads of songs that you don’t even want!!! I personaly look at songs on YouTube and then if I like them buy them on iTunes to keep forever to listern to whenever. The offline mode isn’t all that great either because if you buy the song on iTunes and put it on a iPod u can go anywhere and use it still anyway.

But everyone has their own opinions this is just mine

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:30:12 +0000

I don’t understand why people are complaining, and saying “renting” music is a waste of money, and the fact you will never own the song.

Firstly, why would you need to own the song? If you wanted to stop paying the �9.99 a month, fine. You could still listen to the song, with the only difference being you’d hear 3 minutes of ads per hour of music.

You go to a cinema to watch a film, but you don’t own it. You rent a DVD, but you don’t own it. You stream paid porn (probably some of you anyway…), you don’t own it. There are many other different forms of media that you pay for the service, and don’t actually own – so why should music be much different? In fact, I feel Spotify is ahead of other paid media subscriptions, in the fact that you can take it where you like, and still access it at zero cost.

For me, to have 3,333 tracks at high bitrate quality, on my PC and on my mobile (wherever I go), I think it’s fantastic value for money. The fact that I am also able to search a vast library of songs that is almost guaranteed to have the track I want, is exactly the kind of flexibility I�m after.

I have been using Spotify free pretty much since it came out, and as annoying as the ads were, the free service itself was brilliant. Didn’t jump onto premium until I got my iPhone, and it was the best thing I did. What’s more, I can store far more tracks on my iPhone than uploading music directly, as the offline mode files are smaller than uploading an MP3.

Now Spotify has brought social media to their desktop version, which was a major step forward for them I believe.

I am, and have always been a Spotify fan, and will certainly be using it in the future. I am looking forward (for their sake), to see the day this company starts pulling a well deserved profit.

By: Bob Pinkerton

Bob Pinkerton — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:34:00 +0000

I, like all other users enjoy spotify but it really does just come down to cost. I guess it’s Psychological. �4.99 even �5.99 a month and I would upgrade on the spot but a tenner! a whole tenner for just music it’s a real problem for me. Other comments rightly suggest just how little value you get from things like your TV licence and suggest Spotify is therefore good value. You forget that the �10 you pay to Spotify is in addition to all the regular outgoings we all endure. I think Spotify have missed te point. Surely a reduced monthly subscription would end this debate and give their product the funds to move forward and improve?

By: Jutta

Jutta — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:48:58 +0000

I’d have no problem paying �10.00 if I could get Led Zeppelin on Spotify. Alas, I can’t – at least not on the Free version. There are only tributes etc. and I daresay there are other artists whose music is not accessible on Spotify. Wonder if anyone has noticed?

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:56:18 +0000

There is no point in comparing the TV Licence to Spotify. It is illegal to own a TV without a TV licence (regardless of use) where you don’t have to buy a Spotify subscription. And yes, TV schedules are dictated by others, but your options are bin your TV or carry on. Spotify offers an additional service for those who want it. Personally I’m not getting involved in it. There are more reports of major labels pulling out of subscription services, and I tried the ad-supported service at a friends, only to find that most of the things I searched for I couldn’t find. A quick web-search turned up the albums for sale. Spotify may well be worth it in the future, but they would need the ENTIRE catelogue of EVERY label to make it worth renting music from.

Just my opinion

By: Mobile Phone Deals

Mobile Phone Deals — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:34:03 +0000

This is a right step in making Spotify available for iPhone users. So, if it is worth buying for iPhone users it will serve the purpose otherwise not.

By: Gadget Opinions

Gadget Opinions — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:48:42 +0000

Just got this app and I have to say I’m loving it so far. I am new to Spotify and this app is what made me join in the first place.

By: Kieron

Kieron — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:35:41 +0000

Do I? News to me Rob. The Spotify founders are Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. I’ve never met or spoke to Martin and I’ve met Daniel once for 10 minutes. Does that count as “close ties”? If it does then guilty as charged.

BTW this post isn’t of a commercial nature, I’m not selling anything I’m simply sparking a debate as to whether the Spotify iPhone app is worth �9.99 a month. In my opinion, it is. And as this is my blog I’m presuming it’s still OK for me to air my opinions? If not and you work fo some kind of government agency that doesn’t like freedom of speech then please do let me know and I’ll delete 90% of my posts.