Spotify And Facebook Take Pandora Down To $10 Even If Sirius Can’t Compete

http://blogs.forbes.com/greatspeculations/2011/07/24/spotify-and-facebook-take-pandora-down-to-10-even-if-sirius-cant-compete/

by ekm • 15 years ago

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bradleyland• 15 years ago

I have to wonder if anyone on this team has actually used any of these services, or if this is just some kind of takedown piece? I'm a Sirius subscriber and a Pandora One subscriber. The very moment that I purchase a car that offers Pandora integration, Sirius is out the door.

Just like cable vision, Sirius has hundreds of channels full of music I really don't want to listen to. Meanwhile, I drop an artist or song name in to Pandora and magically, I have hours of quality listening available. It's amazing. The Music Genome Project is Pandora's most powerful asset. It allows them to piece together relevent music, even for edge cases.

My Spotify invite come through yet, so I haven't had a chance to use their service, but it strikes me as a little bit different use case. Spotify appears to allow you to listen to specific music. That's not really how I use Pandora, and I think there's room for both:

Spotify - a replacement for purchasing thousands of dollars of music that I'll only listen to for a few months.

Pandora - a replacement for the radio that plays music I don't like.

As someone who uses two out of three of these services, I don't see Sirius sticking around long once 3G data service is common place in automobiles. Additionally, I think there's room in the market for Spotify and Pandora, both of which fill different needs. I still buy music from iTMS, but I'd jump at a fixed price solution like Spotify. I still want to listen to "random" music that fits my tastes while at my desk or driving.

Spotify And Facebook Take Pandora Down To $10 Even If Sirius Can’t Compete

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