On: Pandora (And Other Internet Radio) Has Officially ...

[vaksel]

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

[dcurtis → vaksel]

Pandora isn't really about the music. It's about the song selection engine, which is amazing.

Pirate radio could never come close.

[dmix → dcurtis]

>Pirate radio could never come close.

On hackernews, I believe that's a challenge.

[vaksel → dcurtis]

surely they could use all of those users to build something similar?

[maneesh → vaksel]

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.

[Batsu → vaksel]

I'm curious how those hours stack up as well - you could burn through that pretty quick in almost any office on a static IP.

[vaksel → Batsu]

for me, I'd go over the limit in 3 days. I have Pandora pretty much running non-stop in the background

[ckinnan → vaksel]

me too. the ads and one hour time limits are increasingly annoying-- I'm going to the full subscription for $36 a year. totally totally worth it.