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Title: last.fm to start charging for streaming music
Post by: pwhodges on 25 Mar 2009, 06:22

http://mashable.com/2009/03/24/lastfm-international-users/ (http://mashable.com/2009/03/24/lastfm-international-users/)

OK, only for actually streaming music, and "only" outside UK, USA and Germany.

Title: Re: last.fm to start charging for streaming music
Post by: negative creep on 25 Mar 2009, 08:38

Well, that doesn't really surprise me, actually. The only thing I find weird is that country thing.

Title: Re: last.fm to start charging for streaming music
Post by: Thrillho on 25 Mar 2009, 09:19

Meh, I didn't use that function anyway. I just like crunching the numbers.

Title: Re: last.fm to start charging for streaming music
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 25 Mar 2009, 10:32

don't scare me like that.

my iPod is dying slowly and painfully (so i can't plug it into my computer) so the only way i have to listen to music at work is to open my last.fm player thingy and turn on my radio station.

Title: Re: last.fm to start charging for streaming music
Post by: Katherine on 25 Mar 2009, 10:56

I would not be surprised if this was a precursor to them charging everyone for streaming music.

Title: Re: last.fm to start charging for streaming music
Post by: Slick on 25 Mar 2009, 13:19

Is it because they can't find/don't want to bother finding enough advertisers for the other countries?

Title: Re: last.fm to start charging for streaming music
Post by: E. Spaceman on 25 Mar 2009, 13:46

wait. You can listen to music on Last.FM?
 
I thought it was to impress people with your record collection

Title: Re: last.fm to start charging for streaming music
Post by: pwhodges on 25 Mar 2009, 14:08

That stays free  :evil:

Title: Re: last.fm to start charging for streaming music
Post by: MrBlu on 25 Mar 2009, 14:44

Quote from: Jeans on 25 Mar 2009, 13:33

This makes sense to me, but it'll still gonna prevent me from streaming music on last.fm.

Title: Re: last.fm to start charging for streaming music
Post by: Jace on 26 Mar 2009, 06:59

I was going to mention Pandora Radio, but you all probably know about that already.