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Pandora introduces Pandora Premium on-demand music tier, $9.99/month
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Fulminator
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spotify don't care
Ninja Scooter
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Seems too little too late, but best of luck to them. Spotify (and to a lesser extent Apple) seem to have eaten up all of that market. Pandora seems to be known as "the free one" so it might be hard to get their userbase to pony up some cash every month.
Lazy vs Crazy
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Yeah it is great. Zero complaints about the service.
TangoAlphaLima
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Pandora rolled out a completely new web interface today, so this must be in conjunction with that.
I like Pandora's service for finding new music or artists, but then I go to Spotify to listen to the entire album and follow the artist. They can sorta work well in conjunction with one another, but I'm sure there's a good way to do it all on Spotify itself.
Yeah, in general it does a good job of introducing me to music that I like but don't know about. Except for that day a month ago when the service glitched and was playing completely random stuff. That was nuts.
I like Pandora's service for finding new music or artists, but then I go to Spotify to listen to the entire album and follow the artist. They can sorta work well in conjunction with one another, but I'm sure there's a good way to do it all on Spotify itself.
Yeah, in general it does a good job of introducing me to music that I like but don't know about. Except for that day a month ago when the service glitched and was playing completely random stuff. That was nuts.
terencecah
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I pay for pandora and Spotify
Agreed. My only gripe is that I have two Amazon Echoes in my house that it doesn't work with
Fulminator
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i agree, but im too far deep into spoitfy, and afaik there's no way to transfer playlists and the like, and i'm not sure if youtube red has a student discount
Ninja Scooter
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I'm always afraid I'll accidentally call it RedTube in real life.
It really is. If their music recommendations were as good as Spotify, I'd probably switch back. The blown up album art in the Play Music app would still bother me, though.
Yeah, Discover on Spotify is really great. I still use it sometimes and just save the albums on Google Music, but it's not as good if you don't use Spotify to listen to everything.
I agree. Combine pandora's radio and spotify and you have the greatest thing.
I see it as "redtube" every single time. It's an unfortunate name, really.
How is the sound quality? I can't imagine paying for YouTube quality.
Into the Light
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At what point does all you r $9.99 services start to add up to well over $100 per month?
Playlists/artist radios need some major work... It is my only complaint.
YouTube Red has music streaming? Honestly didn't know that.
It is a combined package of YouTube/Google Music/YT Music (youtube music). 3 different apps on my phone for it.
Another pleasant perk with it is the family plan: $15 a month for 6 users. Even just splitting that three ways is a nice deal.
Edit: As a former Pandora subscriber, it does make me a little sad to see how quickly this thread turned into extolling a different service... but I have to agree.
YouTube Red comes bundled with Google Play Music All-Access. $9.99 gets you both commercial free YouTube and GPM.
The Jazz Cabbage Master
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YouTube Red actually sounds awesome. I didn't know you got the badass music apps too. And it completely eliminates YouTube ads on top of that?
Yes, ad free Youtube videos even on mobile devices. And Google Play is a pretty good streaming app. Pretty sure they have a free trial if you want to give it a shot.
The Jazz Cabbage Master
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I am currently using the Spotify family plan which I love, but to get music features alongside those YouTube features is super rad. Can you download songs to your device as well like Spotify? Cause I love that.
I've been waiting for this day for months. The only music service I can get at work is Pandora and I'm real tired of their small music selection. So after being super excited, I learn that they don't have a web app yet....ffs. Their algorithms are pretty awesome but I tend to just hear the same songs over and over again since they only have 4 million songs.
My go to is still Google Music when I'm not at work though.
Yeah, you can download songs. What I use all the time is downloading radio stations. It will grab like 2 hours worth of music and then when you get back onto WiFi, it will refresh the list with new music. So you just keep getting new stuff with no effort.
My go to is still Google Music when I'm not at work though.
Yeah, you can download songs. What I use all the time is downloading radio stations. It will grab like 2 hours worth of music and then when you get back onto WiFi, it will refresh the list with new music. So you just keep getting new stuff with no effort.
Music streaming is a really competitive market. I would be surprised if people weren't comparing different services coming into a thread like this.
Personally I switch between spotify and google music every few months. Maybe a month of apple music to be different. It helps when I can get promotions as well. I got 4 months of google play music at the beginning of the year free through a promotion..
Pejo
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Might give it a shot, music streaming lost its luster for me when I bought my latest car that doesn't have Aux In or Bluetooth capabilities. I'm not 16 anymore so I don't feel like getting an aftermarket stereo system, so now I just listen to burnt CDs. Feels like the 90s again.
Anyways, Pandora has always done the absolute best at picking the music I like and will like, so I love it for finding new stuff, and reminding me of awesome old stuff I used to listen to.
Anyways, Pandora has always done the absolute best at picking the music I like and will like, so I love it for finding new stuff, and reminding me of awesome old stuff I used to listen to.
GreenMonkey
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I personally like Pandora's radio service the best (much better at making cohesive styles on each station and good at figuring out songs I like) but the YouTube Red / GPM combo is better. And I like Spotify 's app the best. But I watch more YouTube than I listen to streaming music (listen to a lot of NPR on my drive).
Plus the family plan means the kids' accounts don't have ads on YouTube along with mine.
If only I could use GPM with our Amazon Echos...Sigh.
Prime music means I have to switch to the wife's account and it doesn't have as much as the others.
Feel like 16 again and enjoy your digital music or feel like an adult and deal with burned CDs. Lol what?
seriously, the ship has sailed on Pandora
used to be a big fan. Even applied for a job there once. Everyone has moved on
I already got Pandora and Spotify, since Spotify's radio is garbage, so I might as well give a whirl for a few weeks.
I don't think this'll save Pandora though, especially with the juggernauts of Apple and Spotify already cornering the market along with a bunch of others such as Amazon.
I don't think this'll save Pandora though, especially with the juggernauts of Apple and Spotify already cornering the market along with a bunch of others such as Amazon.
I'm no audiophile, but I've seen a lot of people say that Google Music (which comes with Youtube Red) has better overall audio quality versus Spotify.
This explains why this is probably the case.
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Just heard about this. I doubt they expect to take down Spotify or Apple, but rather are smartly trying to convert their ~80 million users instead of ignoring the money
That said, I wonder how long these small players in streaming can last without gaining big traction. Amazon Prime Music, iHeart Radio Premium, etc
That said, I wonder how long these small players in streaming can last without gaining big traction. Amazon Prime Music, iHeart Radio Premium, etc
I remember when Pandora was a cool website made by some college I think. Never thought it'd become this gigantic business.
With that said, the ads on free Pandora are insanely annoying. I already use Spotify so 1) I won't be signing up for their service, and 2) I will continue to not use their free version.
I'm sure some people will sign up for this, so from their perspective might as well.
With that said, the ads on free Pandora are insanely annoying. I already use Spotify so 1) I won't be signing up for their service, and 2) I will continue to not use their free version.
I'm sure some people will sign up for this, so from their perspective might as well.
I've used Pandora for over a decade and want to convince myself to subscribe to this, but I can't. I probably listen to the least streaming music of anyone on our Spotify family plan, which we've had for a few years, and it's just not feasible to switch everyone over (especially without a Pandora family option). :/
Just get one of these. They are pretty cheap and do the trick. https://www.amazon.com/MP3-Player-Bluetooth-FM-Transmitters/b?ie=UTF8&node=9926001011
Annoying - I can't seem to sign up for a free trial because I'm a Pandora Plus subscriber. I cancelled my subscription through iTunes and it still won't let me sign up. Only option is to pay $13 per month through iTunes. I can't even just pay the $10 per month through the website.
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