damager;331228 Wrote: > Agreed - I used to think Subscription Services users were crazy as I > built my ultimate mp3 collection. Then I signed up for Rhapsody just > to give it a try - and I'm hooked. Everything is there, the shared > playlists are great, and I don't have to acquire / catalog / tag / > store / backup music files. I'm really seeing the beauty of these > services now.
Yep, this sums it up nicely. I think a lot of people will come around to this point of view after they give the subscription model a try. As others have noted, this can be a problem for those located outside the US. I'm in Australia, but surprisingly, in the past I have managed to subscribe to the Musicmatch then Yahoo services for a couple of years (through a loophole in their signup). I also had a paid Pandora subscription that worked fine via the squeezenetwork for the past year (I just upgraded to Squeezecenter 7.x lately and it no longer works). These services have increasingly become more locked down for those of us outside the US. So this year I won't (can't) be paying for any subscriptions. At the same time, there is easy access to plenty of free music out there. If I want I can get any song I want for free, but - when I could - I was happy to pay for a decent online service. I'm trying to understand who exactly is winning by closing off access and preventing willing customers like me from paying for these services. If anyone perhaps its me?? Very strange. -- Musketeer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Musketeer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13497 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51180 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
