Spotify - anyone heard of it?

Okay now it just happens every single track. Its like Spotify knows it hasn't played you an ad lately, so it just keeps trying after every single song.

10 minute limit means White Light/White Heat with no "Sister Ray"

Yeah, although it sucks, there are at least a handful of positive aspects as well. Like that one.

loooool

FUCK YOU SPOTIFY

In order to give Spotify users the best possible experience, we’re constantly improving the Spotify desktop application. Every so often, these advances push Spotify beyond the capabilities of some older Macintosh computers.

In a few months’ time, this process will affect Macs with the following system properties:

OS version: Mac OS X versions earlier than earlier than 10.5
Processor: PowerPC Macintosh (regardless of OS version)

(You can find information about your own Mac by accessing "About this Mac" under the Apple menu.)

We’re really sorry if you’re affected by this change. For the time being, you can still use Spotify on these Macs – you just won’t receive new feature updates. Ultimately, Spotify will cease to be available for these systems, but not just yet.

Kind regards,
The Spotify Team

it is really annoying when you hit clean versions of albums

it'd be cool if there were some reverse parental controls type of feature where you could just say, if there's an explicit version of a song, give me the explicit version instead of the clean version

Yep, fuck you Spotify. Now that I won't be able to use you on my home Mac you are completely useless to me. Kindly fuck off and I hope your business model is a failure.

yay Spotify, thank you for catering to me and my technology magpie demographic

jon why can't you use it on your home mac

Well, I'm not 100% sure until I get home, but I thought I had 10.4. Now that I've done a little research, I might be okay though. But still, think that pretty much sucks that they'd just say "WHOOPS SORRY YOU CAN'T USE IT AT ALL", rather than at least trying to allow a slimmed down version or something.

Who, in 2011, doesn't make their software at least a little backwards compatible?

Is it wrong to think this might be a little "fuck you" to Apple?

why aren't you on 10.6?

That's why I retracted a bit, I think that is what I have. Whatever, I still think its a bit of a dick move.

spotify requires leopard, which was released in fall 2007 -- that seems reasonable

It sucks, but at some point the diminishing returns of supporting older OS's and PowerPCs just don't make sense.

I guess I don't understand not being on the most recent stable OS, esp in the Apple world where OS updates cost like $30

like for Windows I totally get waiting until you upgrade the hardware since the OS upgrades are well over $100 but OSX is cheap

I'm with you, I need to upgrade mine anyway.

I guess I just saw those numbers and thought they weren't going backwards as far as they actually are.

I guess I don't understand not being on the most recent stable OS, esp in the Apple world where OS updates cost like $30

― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Thursday, August 25, 2011 5:07 PM

this is how i break it down to an extent -- i was on lion the day it was released

i do get that some ppl have their reasons for not upgrading right away though

ha yes, that is why I said "stable"

not going to Lion until 2012

OTM

Sorry Spotify, I still <3 you.

jeez they're up to 10.7 now? I never bothered to get Snow Leopard.

I guess I don't understand not being on the most recent stable OS, esp in the Apple world where OS updates cost like $30

― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:07 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

My Intel mac doesn't allow it to go beyond 10.4

EXACTLY, and no I do not have money to buy even a used Mac from the last few years.

same with my gf. to add to the misery, i recently bought her an iphone, but she can't put music on it because it requires a version iTunes that her Mac can't handle.

wait, you have an intel Mac that can't upgrade? I know the old power pc macs can't run certain software but I've never heard of an intel not being able to. Is it a ram thing? Ram is pretty cheap.

I have to believe that was a typo and he meant PowerPC.

yep mine is a lol 800 MHZ G4. I'm guessing I only have a year or two before I'll be forced to upgrade in some way.

playing tracks w/o stopping today

listening to tori amos' boys for pele, headphones on, volume up to hear nuance, then: BOOM DANCE REMIX OF "PROFESSIONAL WIDOW" SUBBED IN FOR REGULAR TRACK!! heart attack, dead.

there's nothing more amazing than watching your friends cross-pollinate on playlists

(this came up because one of my wife's opera grad school classmates is subscribed to Chris V's new jack swing playlist)

haha.

If that David Guetta ad doesn't get off my screen I'm going to say a bad word.

I can't wait until the get targeted ads that match up to what you listen to most often, tailored to your tastes a little better.

If that David Guetta ad doesn't get off my screen I'm going to say a bad word.

otm

the michelle branch and trancey "day-o" cover (sort of) always have me lolin' tho.

ugh, those two ads always have me lolin', that is.

I mean, I know its because they only have like a small handful of ads to rotate at this point, but it would be nice if the ads that popped were at least in the same genre as what you are listening to. I'd much rather have, say, an Iron Maiden ad pop up when I'm listening to a Decapitation album than Tinie Tempah, y'know? So jarring sometimes.

there's a pretty easy way to get rid of the ads you know...

I've found it VERY difficult to listen to ambient/improv stuff on spotify because of the ads. totally kills the vibe.

can ppl REALLY not afford $5/month, cancelable at any time

Its not the affording part, its the waiting a little bit longer for some of the bugs to be worked out before I start paying for it.

my excuse is that I don't have smartphone that can run the spotify app.

I mean, I know its because they only have like a small handful of ads to rotate at this point, but it would be nice if the ads that popped were at least in the same genre as what you are listening to. I'd much rather have, say, an Iron Maiden ad pop up when I'm listening to a Decapitation album than Tinie Tempah, y'know? So jarring sometimes.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, August 31, 2011 4:25 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

blatant first world problems-bait

is there only free and premium to choose from in the us?

Its not the affording part, its the waiting a little bit longer for some of the bugs to be worked out before I start paying for it.

I have experienced exactly zero (0) of the bugs complained about on this thread and I jumped on the $5 train immediately. I think the ads are what is screwing people up!

Alan: the smartphone functionality is the $10 subscription; $5 kills the ads and gives you unlimited access to the library (apparently there is some time limit implementation on the free subscription level...?)

see here: https://www.spotify.com/us/get-spotify/overview/

basically if you want the "bugs" to go away, give them $5/month!

can ppl REALLY not afford $5/month, cancelable at any time

otfm

yup the unlimited option is basically bug free, instead it's all about complaining about what albums they don't have

they got rid of all the arthur russell reissues apart from that love is overtaking me compilation

:'( wahhh

bummer.

so, do the albums they offer drop off and come back sometimes a la netflix instant watch?