convore.json/groups/techcrunch/who-will-survive-the-war-of-music-supscription-service-pandora-lastfm-spotify-mog-grooveshark-rhapsody-rdio-google-apple/messages.json

[{"user_id": 8450, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297605070.2135019, "message": "Any idea, any opinion for this, PLZ!", "group_id": 142, "id": 90860}, {"user_id": 224, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297620112.6034541, "message": "Well, Apple and Google will survive at least, since they have other revenue streams they can depend on.", "group_id": 142, "id": 92438}, {"user_id": 6501, "stars": [{"date_created": 1297628702.5330451, "user_id": 8244}], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297621234.2998381, "message": "Spotify, at least in Europe. It is by far the best service. Best music collection ever!", "group_id": 142, "id": 92571}, {"user_id": 9006, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297630440.7879021, "message": "I find that since subscribing to Rdio, I rarely use the music collection on my Hard Drive. Cloud-based players and collections are definitely the way of the future.", "group_id": 142, "id": 93478}, {"user_id": 9006, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297630369.881254, "message": "I hear Spotify is by far the best out there, but for everyone outside of Europe I think the war has just begun. Personally, Rdio is my first choice when I go to listen to music. If it isn't on there (which it often isn't) I fall back to Grooveshark, which has an inferior interface but a _much_ broader music selection.", "group_id": 142, "id": 93451}, {"user_id": 5, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297632049.6977251, "message": "I think there will be a huge advantage to anyone who sells most of their soul to the music industry", "group_id": 142, "id": 93800}, {"user_id": 11016, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297722781.960485, "message": "My first choice is Spotify, but when I crave some music and only have access to a public computer I go Grooveshark.", "group_id": 142, "id": 106809}, {"user_id": 11222, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297745609.684881, "message": "Grooveshark is much more widely accessible (doesn't have restrictions like Pandora does) and a shed-load of music.", "group_id": 142, "id": 109312}, {"user_id": 11469, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297780360.308784, "message": "Ditto, Grooveshark is the least restrictive... however I think Pandora has the best algorithms to recommend new music based on selections.", "group_id": 142, "id": 111592}, {"user_id": 5431, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297782405.188369, "message": "I also din't know Grooveshark as I was using Spotify. I am trying it now.", "group_id": 142, "id": 112000}, {"user_id": 11486, "stars": [{"date_created": 1301879023.0463719, "user_id": 5145}, {"date_created": 1302892746.1662951, "user_id": 24}, {"date_created": 1311420510.4394331, "user_id": 29444}], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297782119.825238, "message": "I didn't know Grooveshark and thks to convore now I know it.", "group_id": 142, "id": 111941}, {"user_id": 11486, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297782139.5802469, "message": "I think I'll be around to see if this is quite interesting...", "group_id": 142, "id": 111945}, {"user_id": 11486, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297782141.932888, "message": "hello to all", "group_id": 142, "id": 111947}, {"user_id": 11474, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297785768.9463079, "message": "is this in real time?", "group_id": 142, "id": 112412}, {"user_id": 32, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297816957.776818, "message": "are you afraid google may not survive over this?", "group_id": 142, "id": 117018}, {"user_id": 4558, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297828808.261025, "message": "I have tried Last.fm & Pandora.  Last.fm is on my Xbox 360 but it is going to a subscription model.  I tend to use Pandora during the day and I am happy with it.  It allows up to 40 hours (I believe) a month free.  If you want to go over it is about $36 a year.", "group_id": 142, "id": 117593}, {"user_id": 11902, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297868583.1669121, "message": "Spotify for sure. It is the only one in Europe :D", "group_id": 142, "id": 120501}, {"user_id": 1443, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297871770.916245, "message": "Spotify for sure!", "group_id": 142, "id": 120960}, {"user_id": 12090, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297885587.810076, "message": "what worries me about spotify is the new Apple 30% rules... given i listen to Spotify about 95% of the time on an iDevice, this could be bad news for them...", "group_id": 142, "id": 123393}, {"user_id": 11933, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297885748.6359601, "message": "Pandora. Best engine on the planet, cultivated over almost a decade, and with mobile, they're experiencing exponential growth.", "group_id": 142, "id": 123426}, {"user_id": 11758, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297896748.3958509, "message": "what about qriocity of Sony? is it only available for sony's products?", "group_id": 142, "id": 125910}, {"user_id": 12835, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297926412.081605, "message": "Rdio and Spotify are the best music subscription services from an interface and inventory perspective.  Just choose the one available in your country. Cloud music subscription is definitely the way of the future.", "group_id": 142, "id": 129758}, {"user_id": 12330, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297931980.883374, "message": "Who will survive? BitTorrent, P2P sharing, Sneakernet sharing. ;)", "group_id": 142, "id": 130103}, {"user_id": 9108, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297942625.7401731, "message": "When I'm at my computer, Grooveshark is easily my favorite. It's disappointing that, at least when I tried it a few months ago, there was no way to stream music on their mobile app without upgrading my account, though.", "group_id": 142, "id": 130834}, {"user_id": 12330, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297944990.4943359, "message": "Sick to death of regional limitations on music and music apps. Thought I should look at RDIO again to see if it's any good. It let me do the free trial but no music is available in the UK due to legal reasons.", "group_id": 142, "id": 131155}, {"user_id": 12551, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1297993783.9628069, "message": "Grooveshark. Spotify if they ever get to the US.", "group_id": 142, "id": 138863}, {"user_id": 17668, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1299084666.852942, "message": "i was a fan (VIP) of Grooveshark however i jumped ship and went to MOG... Grooveshark has legal issues and the iphone app was removed.. still have it on my iPad and blackberry at the moment. I tried out the free trail of MOG and never looked back! the app is great on the iPhone and renders decent on the iPad -  i like their selections, the UI, the google chrome extension, etc..", "group_id": 142, "id": 248645}, {"user_id": 16285, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1299638296.6818891, "message": "Will survive the best for music lovers and generate more money for industry music", "group_id": 142, "id": 301195}, {"user_id": 5117, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1299649949.282243, "message": "probably google's and apple's will survive in my opinion", "group_id": 142, "id": 302244}, {"user_id": 7376, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1299707596.7678349, "message": "I just signed up for rdio today.  I'm really liking it though it lacks the discoverability features of last.fm or pandora.  It's a good library replacement.", "group_id": 142, "id": 308783}, {"user_id": 762, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1299723037.8388219, "message": "I agree with rdio. It wins both on the digital locker idea as well as the discovery. They also have a great mobile implementation.", "group_id": 142, "id": 310006}, {"user_id": 1521, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1299727970.659446, "message": "@ssieg what appeals to you in MOG? I love my GS subscription, but hate having to jailbreak for it.. I've played w the MOG trail but it just wasn't enough to convert me. Rdio looks cool for all their sharing features but neither on compares to groovesharks price (I have a grandfathered $30/yr VIP account)", "group_id": 142, "id": 310571}, {"user_id": 20461, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1299810622.0857911, "message": "Apple", "group_id": 142, "id": 318720}, {"user_id": 20912, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1300062212.6194899, "message": "It will be a bloody battle for sure. It is very difficult to predict anything now.", "group_id": 142, "id": 344352}, {"user_id": 1034, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1300119106.5951469, "message": "Either Rdio or Spotify. For recommendations and the social aspect, Rdio. Just for the service, ignoring it's useless social features, Spotify.", "group_id": 142, "id": 348760}, {"user_id": 17097, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1300279119.0338621, "message": "Never tried grooveshark but probably should after reading here. Spotify seems a good model. Pandora and LastFM have good traction and will likely last. I've tried to use Apple and iTunes is such crap it's a deal breaker for me - tho I'm sure they'll hang on to #1 for awhile longer.", "group_id": 142, "id": 364928}, {"user_id": 21983, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1300291901.840879, "message": "As someone who spends a lot of time outside the country, I would love to see these services become more global. I have been a Rhapsody subscriber for years, and they work great at home with my Sonos system, and even on my iPhone. But I can't take advantage of it when outside the U.S.", "group_id": 142, "id": 367268}, {"user_id": 21987, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1300294784.6719489, "message": "I like grooveshark as it is internationally avaliable.", "group_id": 142, "id": 367639}, {"user_id": 13786, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1300369945.013185, "message": "I love grooveshark, but I can't see myself paying 9.99 for the mobile access...!  For 9.99 I can get 50 gb Dropbox access.  Pandora is free....! Last.fm is kind of cool, but I probably will not give them a paid subscription after my free trial is up either.", "group_id": 142, "id": 373952}, {"user_id": 26648, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1301533678.9009309, "message": "Pandora, not because they are the best but because they are getting the outside integrations into stereos, TVs, etc.  That momentum is hard to beat.  Choice is great but no one wants 7 different streaming music options on their TV.  At best you'll get 2-3 in the end.", "group_id": 142, "id": 486371}, {"user_id": 7376, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1301591496.0341251, "message": "I'm pondering switching to grooveshark.  I've had people recommend stuff and it was in grooveshark and not in Rdio.", "group_id": 142, "id": 493775}, {"user_id": 25528, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1301605312.075927, "message": "@ericmoritz i'm using grooveshark for 3+ years and never looked back. after 2 years i got my VIP account =>100 times happier. i don't even have 100mb of music in my phone (:", "group_id": 142, "id": 496366}, {"user_id": 23304, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1301661123.1799359, "message": "Never found the music I liked on Pandora, but so far I am liking RDio. But it does male me feel strange to pay money to listen to music I already own. I have also uploaded my music to Amazon, but can't play it back on my iPhone (yet)", "group_id": 142, "id": 500916}, {"user_id": 24930, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1301661787.1461229, "message": "I think this is a difficult question, I don't think Apple will ever setup a subscription model like an rdio, Rhapsody etc. so I don't think they will ultimately compete with them. I think the music business still relies on people wanting to own what they pay for. I think they will all be different services and competing on different levels, I never thought amazon would become as popular as it did with downloading music because Apple had such a foothold but it has, I think it depends on what people want, for some reason I'd rather own the music than pay a monthly fee for it. Why? I have no idea, because I love Netflix and it works on the same model, however, music is just different for me as a consumer.", "group_id": 142, "id": 500967}, {"user_id": 27624, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1302030726.6527691, "message": "Spotify.", "group_id": 142, "id": 544967}, {"user_id": 7376, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1302029167.282934, "message": "@elvin So I trade to move to Grooveshark only to find the album I was just listening to on rdio was missing tracks... I guess I'm sticking to rdio for the time being.  They may have a smaller selection, but at least the albums are complete.", "group_id": 142, "id": 544553}, {"user_id": 7376, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1302029194.824759, "message": "@ericmoritz you can spell.. I think you meant to say, \"So I tried\"...", "group_id": 142, "id": 544561}, {"user_id": 25528, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1302032969.7299139, "message": "@ericmoritz rdio it's available only in US and Canada :(", "group_id": 142, "id": 545517}, {"user_id": 24720, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1302097314.6022429, "message": "If you've used Spotify you'll know that it provides the best user experience. Period. License agreements, big studio pressure, etc. may unfortunately mean that having the best offering is not enough. Here's hoping though!", "group_id": 142, "id": 559293}, {"user_id": 6730, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1302119104.544575, "message": "Have any of you used earbits? Curious to know what you think.", "group_id": 142, "id": 563908}, {"user_id": 28066, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1302221011.6955841, "message": "@kwangbe hope its not grooveshark!", "group_id": 142, "id": 582537}, {"user_id": 2293, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1302686846.6020141, "message": "Loving rdio.", "group_id": 142, "id": 662008}, {"user_id": 5431, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1302865947.262815, "message": "Spotify changed the free version to 10 hours a month (from 20) and 5 times each track that you want to listen :(", "group_id": 142, "id": 699230}, {"user_id": 29124, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1303086892.9693029, "message": "ITUNES!!!!!!\ue05a\ue115\ue201\ue428\ue51f\ue424\ue423\ue253\ue51a\ue519\ue518\ue51b\ue51b\ue003\ue536\ue41a\ue419\ue41b\ue41c\ue119\ue447\ue118\ue303\ue441\ue444\ue305\ue032\ue308\ue307\ue110\ue347\ue348\ue346\ue345\ue046\ue349\ue34b\ue34a\ue43f\ue50c\ue50d\ue511\ue50f\ue512\ue510\ue50e", "group_id": 142, "id": 719922}, {"user_id": 28472, "stars": [{"date_created": 1303593089.174412, "user_id": 224}], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1303586049.382241, "message": "I can't say I've ever used a streaming service. I wish all of the services well, for those users who wish not to locally curate a music collection.", "group_id": 142, "id": 790648}, {"user_id": 29124, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1303658595.165684, "message": "@djchall to true.(first post)", "group_id": 142, "id": 795299}, {"user_id": 29124, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1303658539.46123, "message": "I will say again iTunes!!!!!! Do you know why? Because most base level consumers only know about iTunes!", "group_id": 142, "id": 795292}, {"user_id": 29444, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1311420668.6351759, "message": "Do GrooveShark surveys/contests! Got 5 free years from contest!", "group_id": 142, "id": 1705303}, {"user_id": 11785, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1311490972.96227, "message": "I've tried all of them with the exception of MOG. Got tired of using a VPN to get US based services. In Canada we now have Rdio and it's a frontrunner - I think iTunes as we know it will be dead in a few years but anything they do in streaming would change the game yet again. Think Netflix for music.", "group_id": 142, "id": 1709080}, {"user_id": 6624, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1311515532.952678, "message": "Spotify is gaining a lot of ground in the US.", "group_id": 142, "id": 1709839}, {"user_id": 24466, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1314039477.9534531, "message": "asdasdasd", "group_id": 142, "id": 1932777}, {"user_id": 24466, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1314039583.258743, "message": "asadasda", "group_id": 142, "id": 1932803}, {"user_id": 13786, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1315354968.6675529, "message": "Rdio has the cleanest UI.", "group_id": 142, "id": 2063511}, {"user_id": 505, "stars": [], "topic_id": 4854, "date_created": 1315883006.174263, "message": "Turntable.", "group_id": 142, "id": 2114106}]