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Re:Ping: It's even worse than it appeared by dododo on Thursday September 02, 2010 @09:50AM (#1656126)
and you're not worried by CBS-owned last.fm or spotify? they seem very similar. what's the difference? i couldn't find anything on the page that convinced me to switch or use in addition to these.

p.s., those side-sticking things are really annoying.

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Re:Ping: It's even worse than it appeared by chrischen on Thursday September 02, 2010 @02:45PM (#1657176)
Well I'm adding Last.fm support to my clients very soon. And my API (not yet released) is based on Last.fm's API. So soon you won't have to switch. You can use both!

I can't say about Spotify since I've never used it, but how strong is their social component? Can you use the service, share links, and browse profiles via a browser for Spotify? It seems Spotify is for listening to music like an iTunes replacement, where Like.fm is for analyzing and sharing what you listened to (the info). So we have different focuses.

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Re:Ping: It's even worse than it appeared by chrischen on Friday September 03, 2010 @04:32PM (#1661042)
Hey dododo can we chat more about this? My email is [email protected]. I'd like to find out what I can do to make you want to use Like.fm, and maybe bounce some of my planned features off you.
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