Pandora was nice, I've moved on to other services I listen to thesixtyone most of the time because a large amount of it is generally good music and if not I skip it, for more mainstream I can find songs on grooveshark (don't know if that will get shut down or not).
If I was ever going to pay for a radio like service it would have to be something like di.fm where pandora has variety and choice di.fm still has had enough quality that variety didn't matter to me.
Good deal for Pandora, but I think they'll still lose users.
Pandora One is $36/yr. Under this payment plan, they pretty much get most of their users that they'll keep onto a $12/yr plan. Because 40 hours of radio is nothing.
But since most people hate paying, even if its $.99/mo, I think that'll cost them a ton of users. A free alternative will spring up quickly enough.
Good opportunity for pirate bay here, Pirate Radio
Yea, but the article mentions that only 10% of people already go over 40 hours. The most they'll lose because of this is 10%...and it honestly won't be that high.
Good that legislation is moving towards the direction of dealing with Internet services in a reasonable way (since Internet as main distro media pipeline cannot be stopped).
Also good that they've figured out rates. Although, they're still higher than radio rates. Little steps...
If I was ever going to pay for a radio like service it would have to be something like di.fm where pandora has variety and choice di.fm still has had enough quality that variety didn't matter to me.