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Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: the_hoodie on March 24, 2009, 07:20:37 pm
http://blog.last.fm/2009/03/24/lastfm-radio-announcement

This really sucks for anyone outside of those three areas. Not that I use Last.FM radio alot, but it still sucks to not have that option anymore on the odd occasion that I would use it. Nonetheless, I'm sure this move will piss a lot of people off.

What do you guys think?
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: DS on March 24, 2009, 07:22:40 pm
Sucks for a lot of people but I have subscribed for a long time already so this doesn't affect me. Also, I hardly ever listen to last.fm radio anyway.
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: something bizarre and impractical on March 24, 2009, 07:23:40 pm
fucking hell

first pandora was all loloops only america, and now last.fm is "give monies" WHAT AM I TO DO
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: DS on March 24, 2009, 07:25:51 pm
get spotify

if it's available wherever you live!
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: Kaworu on March 24, 2009, 07:29:41 pm
UK :)​. I listen to recommendation and psychedelic radio quite a bit when reading comics, so this would've annoyed me.
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on March 24, 2009, 11:20:51 pm
topic title is misleading :/
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on March 24, 2009, 11:35:11 pm
sucks 4 u.
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: Verne on March 25, 2009, 11:21:00 am
get spotify

if it's available wherever you live!

isnt spotify supposed to be pay2use once its out of beta?
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: Cardinal Ximenez on March 25, 2009, 11:43:23 am
WEB 2.0 IS DYING!

EVERYBODY PANIC!

But seriously, I am surprised that they actually have a business model.
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: Ragnar on March 25, 2009, 01:10:54 pm
fucking hell

first pandora was all loloops only america, and now last.fm is "give monies" WHAT AM I TO DO

like isn't the appeal of all these places that you can get free crap

yeah youtube we're now going to charge you 50 cents for each time you look at a youtube poop

fuck I think I deleted one or two albums because I knew I could listen on last.fm if I wanted to

well there's still those youtube videos that are actually just a still picture and are essentially an mp3 of the song

Edit: wow topic title is misleading f you

but still same difference aren't there enough sites like this where French people etc. can just hop on another site and still get free stuff and tell last.fm to jump up their butt
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: ATARI on March 25, 2009, 02:53:58 pm
oh no now i can't tell the internet what i'm listening to because everybody on the internet wants to know

really though, it seems like they'd be losing a lot of their userbase, since a lot of the people i've seen on last.fm aren't really from those three countries (all that much at least)
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: dark_crystalis on March 25, 2009, 03:26:01 pm
It's only for the radio anyways. Plus, Last.FM has become a little crappy recently. The "similar" bands system has gone down the crapper. It's still useful and if you want to listen to a band you can just go on their myspace or acquire their CDs anyways.
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: DS on March 25, 2009, 04:06:33 pm
isnt spotify supposed to be pay2use once its out of beta?
not that i know. at the moment it's free but you can also pay to get rid of ads. dunno if it does anything else.
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on March 25, 2009, 04:08:26 pm
in all seriousness this is pretty stupid! then again they were begging for cash not too long ago (I believe this is when DS bought his subscription).
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: DS on March 25, 2009, 04:37:52 pm
i have been subscribing since june 2006.
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: the_bub_from_the_pit on March 25, 2009, 04:43:47 pm
oh no now i can't tell the internet what i'm listening to because everybody on the internet wants to know

really though, it seems like they'd be losing a lot of their userbase, since a lot of the people i've seen on last.fm aren't really from those three countries (all that much at least)

it's just the radio service, not the scrobbling
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: DS on March 25, 2009, 04:45:14 pm
proof that atari only reads topic titles....
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: Mateui on March 25, 2009, 05:17:11 pm
I find it rather silly and annoying how we are an internet society/generation, but many sites use geographical locations to limit their content. What gives? Add Last.FM to the list of sites that many people will be using HotSpotShield and proxies for.
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: ATARI on March 30, 2009, 01:58:42 pm
proof that atari only reads topic titles....

tldr
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: dom on March 30, 2009, 06:54:37 pm
I find it rather silly and annoying how we are an internet society/generation, but many sites use geographical locations to limit their content. What gives? Add Last.FM to the list of sites that many people will be using HotSpotShield and proxies for.
content rights holders are the ones who restrict their content to locations, and in this case it's a matter of monetary feasibility. why don't you try learning instead of just whining?
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: DS on March 30, 2009, 07:16:41 pm
the reason last.fm is still free in germany, uk and america is because they get enough money from the advertisement to cover the costs.
Title: Last.FM soon to be a pay service
Post by: Sludgelord on March 30, 2009, 07:27:20 pm
hahaha, fuck you all