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aquapiranha
08-02-2011, 15:57
It seems Last.fm is no longer going to be free. I just got this email....

We want to share with you an important update about our radio service:

From February 15 you will need to be a subscriber to listen to Last.fm Radio stations on devices, including your Last.fm Android app.

No other features are affected by this change.

In taking this decision, we have given a lot of thought to how this impacts some of our early adopters and long-time users like you. We truly appreciate what you have meant to our growth and success, and offer you the following as a token of our thanks;

A free 3 month subscription to Last.fm
This will start automatically on February 15th 2011. As a result you will continue to be able to use Last.fm as you do today until the end of your subscription. If you'd like to see the other benefits of your free subscription, please visit the subscription page.

We appreciate you may have questions about this announcement, so visit our blog to read more about these changes and offer feedback.

We value your support and hope you continue to enjoy using Last.fm.
You can visit your profile at http://www.last.fm/user/

– Team Last.fm

See here..

http://www.last.fm/subscribe

a real shame!

John
08-02-2011, 16:14
The quality ok for a free service but I would not pay for it Spotify so nuch better in terms of quality I can see them losing a lot of users

Beechwoods
08-02-2011, 20:26
I agree John. You can set the iPhone App to stream 'High Quality' over 3G but it's still not half as good as Spotify. It did some things well, but always felt like a Beta service, in need of a good deal more work. The brand is probably worth more than the company, and it'll get bought by some mainstream content provider within a year.

spendorman
08-02-2011, 22:01
What about Grooveshark?