Spotify Coming to US

[Chris Gohlke]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2010/03/26/spotify-launching-in-the-u-s-q3-2010/' target='_blank'>http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/2010/03...he-u-s-q3-2010/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"The Spotify music service will be coming to the U.S. in the third quarter of 2010, according to Spotify&rsquo;s Senior VP. He tells Bloomberg: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re buying server space in random parts of the states and there are licensing discussions too.&rdquo; All this is great news because it means U.S. users will soon be able to listen to just about any song or album from major and independent record labels in their entirety free, or without ads, for around $15/mo (in Europe the fee is &euro;9.99/mo)."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1269964110.usr10.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></em></p><p>Looks quite similar to <a href="http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/f387/slacker-radio-rocks-93030.html" target="_blank">Slacker Radio which I reviewed</a>&nbsp;last year. &nbsp;If Spotify can get the licensing to cover almost every song and album, they'll do pretty well. &nbsp;Looks like they have clients for most of the major mobile platforms (with the exception of Windows), so you'll have lots of options.</p>

[RichL]

I'm a subscriber to Spotify in the UK and I've got no complaints. The desktop and mobile apps are great. The library of music is also surprisingly good too. Not every indie label is on there but all of the big labels are there.

But surely Zune Pass in the US is better? Isn't it the same price with the main difference being that Zune Pass allows you to keep 10 songs a month?

[Trastan]

But surely Zune Pass in the US is better? Isn't it the same price with the main difference being that Zune Pass allows you to keep 10 songs a month?

Agreed. I don't see why someone would subscribe to Spotify when the Zune Pass is available, unless you refuse to move over to the Zune camp for whatever reason.