Go to he'll Pandora

[AstroManLuca]

you get what you pay for

 

[Nik]

You host some goddamn obnoxious ads like the "hey man hurr hurr" ad from soap.com.

Even more annoyingingly you UP THE GODDAMN VOLUME as I'm trying to drift asleep.

Fcuk u and the horse you rode on.

You get more than what you pay for. If you're too cheap to buy a subscription (~$35/yr) then stfu about the ads.

PandoraOne is awesome.

 

[gophins72]

i like pandora and glad it's available. the ads are fine with me.

 

[vshah]

#firstworldproblems

 

[Crono]

Yes, because everything in the world should be free forever... just for you.

Sarcasm not needed :\ I have no problem whatsoever paying for services that are pay services from the start (I've been happily using Zune and Netflix for a year now).

What I don't like are services that get crappier as time progresses.

 

[Nik]

Look, Pandora has to pay for their licenses SOMEHOW. If you're too much of a cheap bastard to pay $3 per month, how else are they supposed to finance their service?

Oh noes!! You have to listen to a commercial once in a while!!

OH THE HUMANITY

 

[Hacp]

Classic spelling error to attract atteition

 

[preslove]

Has their android app improved? I switched to Slacker on my phone because pandora would crash every time I used it . Pandora is a much better service, if it's stable.

 

[TehMac]

FYI I'm not complaining about the ads just the really annoying ones like Soap.com's.

I like Hulu's ad feedback service, where I can dislike an ad.

 

[Ninjahedge]

I like Pandora, I just do not like how they keep trying to put little annoyances in there to get you to start paying.....

It is notthe concept of paying. After all, they need money. So having ads played is not a biggie, but here are a few things that have been progressively added that kind of subtract from the service:

1. The first time they had ads, it was only ONE ad that would repeat about every 15 minutes. Needless to say I was not "lovin' it"
2. They started that stupid "Are you still there" break. I know that they do not want to waste bandwidth on people that are notthere and are not paying, but most people listen to stuff for more than an hour when it is background music. Also, when you have this playing on your HTPS, you sometimes have things liek Slideshow playing in the foreground. Interrupting thi severy hour is a bit petty.
3. From what I hear from my wife, new installs (YMMV) of the client need to be restarted completely after an "are you there" pause. This might be a glitch, but if it isn't....WTF?

There are other little complaints, like not being able to restart/rewind/FF a song or bump back in the play-list to a song that was already played. Also the fact that 2 thumbs down for a song will get the ARTIST removed from your playlist.... There are songs that even your favorite artists have produced that you do not want to hear anymore.


But I still think it is a good model. I am only dissapointed that they do not offer the free service for web streamers like the slimserver boxes..... Ads or not, free customisable radio is always a plus.....

 

[misle]

Has their android app improved? I switched to Slacker on my phone because pandora would crash every time I used it . Pandora is a much better service, if it's stable.

I've never had it crash on me and two guys I work with use it all day, everyday without any problems. So, give it another shot.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Classic spelling error to attract atteition

:sneaky:

 

[Wingznut]

Has their android app improved? I switched to Slacker on my phone because pandora would crash every time I used it . Pandora is a much better service, if it's stable.

I use Pandora on my Android quite often, and I don't recall it ever crashing.

 

[Anubis]

Has their android app improved? I switched to Slacker on my phone because pandora would crash every time I used it . Pandora is a much better service, if it's stable.

it still sucked as of a few months ago

also I'm curious as to why you think Pandora is a better service? for me and what i listen to its selection has always been crap.

Last has always been the best but their app was buggier then pandoras was and now its paied only.

Slacker has been the most trouble free for me and i really like being able to cache stations

 

[jonks]

i see you

 

[BurnItDwn]

I use pandora on my bluray player, works damn well, yes the ads are a bit annoying, but not really worth complaining over. However, it is worth complaining about how they often play songs that have no real relation or similarity to the band that you make a channel for. Pisses me off when I hear nu metal garbage on my Opeth channel.

 

[Anubis]

Pisses me off when I hear nu metal garbage on my Opeth channel.

no service is perfect in that regard, theres always those random flyers in there. some channels more then other. and TBH i think they lump everything into "metal"

pretty sure ive gotten Poison and Motly Crue on my Blind Guardian station

 

[thescreensavers]

Adblock plus takes care of those ads for me.

This

 

[Nik]

no service is perfect in that regard, theres always those random flyers in there. some channels more then other. and TBH i think they lump everything into "metal"

pretty sure ive gotten Poison and Motly Crue on my Blind Guardian station

Pandora has the single most advanced algorithm to glean exactly what it is you like about the genre after you like/dislike several songs. This is common knowledge in the industry.

 

[dpodblood]

I use pandora on my bluray player, works damn well, yes the ads are a bit annoying, but not really worth complaining over. However, it is worth complaining about how they often play songs that have no real relation or similarity to the band that you make a channel for. Pisses me off when I hear nu metal garbage on my Opeth channel.

RAGE!

 

[foghorn67]

Sarcasm not needed :\ I have no problem whatsoever paying for services that are pay services from the start (I've been happily using Zune and Netflix for a year now).

What I don't like are services that get crappier as time progresses.

WTF? More users, more costs. Why can't you get that? I'd rather have the ad version available, unlike last.fm. Fucker went with subscription only.

 

[Ninjahedge]

Pandora has the single most advanced algorithm to glean exactly what it is you like about the genre after you like/dislike several songs. This is common knowledge in the industry.

The hard part comes when you say you like something and it starts to drift you in the direction of another one of your stations.....


Tool /= Radiohead, but I like both... When I start hearing crossovers........