I’ve been on Spotify for 1.5 years. I didn’t get hooked right away, but around a year ago I just couldn’t get enough.
An hour ago I found Grooveshark. It’s Spotify with these changes:
- It’s in your web browser, meaning no download. Perfect for people on the go who want their digital life in the cloud
- You and (even better) others can upload to the service. If there’s a song you want on the go which isn’t available, upload it – but someone else have probably already done it..
- Don’t seem to see a point to go premium (no higher bit rate, no ads (using adblock))
- If I want to go Premium, it’s over 3 times cheaper than on Spotify. It’s only $3
- It has Requiem for a dream, which I have been forced to go to youtube to enjoy
- Oh yeah, and there’s a WordPress plugin..
- UPDATE 1: Playlists can be ordered in “playlist order” meaning you can create a “mixed tape”
The negative
- I get an error saying song can’t be played sometimes (trying again fixes it)
- No keyboard shortcuts
- iPhone app isn’t out yet
- The sound quality can be (or is always?)Â better in Spotify. Example: Alice Cooper with Poison
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You forget one important thing. Spotify IS legal and Grooveshark is NOT legal. It is a piracy network and they will never survive in the long run.
Sound quality is actually usually better on Grooveshark than on Spotify, which seems to use a lot of tracks “ripped” from radio, where you even get a DJ jabbing over the intro, and with static noise. I haven’t experienced that on Grooveshark this far.
Music is more correctly tagged on Grooveshark (ironically), a lot of the music I’ve searched for in spotify have been incorrectly tagged (right artist, wrong track, or just plain wrong).