Comments on: Spotify Post-mortem http://aiusepsi.co.uk/2010/spotify-post-mortem/ Andy Simpson's personal blog. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Josh http://aiusepsi.co.uk/2010/spotify-post-mortem/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Josh Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:23:06 +0000 http://aiusepsi.co.uk/?p=565#comment-891 I stopped paying a month ago for exactly the same reasons. I was listening to the same 4 or 5 playlists 90% of the time.<br><br>I have not bought any new music instead of spotify yet, but I plan to. Albums on Amazon tend to be £6-10, so 1 or 2 a month is about right.<br><br><br>The only thing I actively miss about not having an iPhone is the Genius. I used it almost exclusively for my music listening needs. Load a few hundred tracks on, select one I want and hit the genius button. It provided so much variety, all of the music is stuff I wanted to listen to, but I did not choose exactly what I heard. It was always new and fresh and surprising when walking home. I stopped paying a month ago for exactly the same reasons. I was listening to the same 4 or 5 playlists 90% of the time.

I have not bought any new music instead of spotify yet, but I plan to. Albums on Amazon tend to be £6-10, so 1 or 2 a month is about right.

The only thing I actively miss about not having an iPhone is the Genius. I used it almost exclusively for my music listening needs. Load a few hundred tracks on, select one I want and hit the genius button. It provided so much variety, all of the music is stuff I wanted to listen to, but I did not choose exactly what I heard. It was always new and fresh and surprising when walking home.

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