Lastfm closes free radio service
Lastfm closes its free radio service. From now on, you’ll have to pay a 3€ monthly subscription if you want to use it. But this meassure won’t apply to all countries, as they say in the official announcement blog post, users living in US, UK and Germany won’t be affected, and they will still be able to use the radio service freely.
People is getting confused and angry: why are US, UK and Germany excluded??
The answer is this (copied from a comment on the blog):
Joost, HodgeStar, et al:
These are the countries in which we have the most resources to support an ad sales organization, which is how we earn money to pay artists and labels for their music. We are focused on the US, UK, and Germany as key markets, with the help of the CBS Interactive salesforce and our own sales team here in London. Our headquarters are in the UK and we’ve always had a strong presence in DE.
And so we’ve made the decision to focus on these markets for free streaming radio. We are still available worldwide and while listening is subscription, all the other rich content on the site is still free.
Basically: users outside these countries are pure garbage for Lastfm. They take care of their potential market, and the rest of the world can get fucked off.
Thank you Lastfm, you suck.
Let’s give Spotify a try…
Categoría: Internet, música, opinión 8 comentarios »
Abril 23rd, 2009 at 23:38
F**K YOU LAST.FM !
Abril 23rd, 2009 at 23:41
By the way, I wanna give a try to Spotify (now I need a new radio =/ ) but I don´t have an invitation (it is needed) , if you are already a user, would you be sooo kind and send me one? You have my e-mail, as you wish.
Salutes!
Abril 24th, 2009 at 09:05
Hi Noel
I just sent you an invitation :-)
Hope you like it, it rules a lot.
But I’d like to recommend you give Jamendo a try.
It’s like LastFM or Spotify, but with CC licensed music. You can download everything you listen, recommend to others, create playlists, etc…
Junio 5th, 2009 at 13:03
I was trying to find why last.fm stopped its free service when I came upon your blog! Seems that we have to wait for google for something “really” free! :)
p.s. I am interested in Spotify too… ;)
Junio 5th, 2009 at 20:50
Hi Aris
give Jamendo a try, i’m on it and it works like a charm… and so all albums are CC and are available for download :-)
Agosto 29th, 2009 at 00:50
jamendo its all kinda indie bands, no big bands in it.
Agosto 30th, 2009 at 15:19
rob: yes it’s true, but is one of the best things it has. When listening to LastFM I wanted to find new bands, but LastFM was always playing almost the same tracks of the same bands. So it’s good for me a website where I can find new bands, and get their albums for free if i like them :-)
Marzo 2nd, 2010 at 16:18
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