peterw;330205 Wrote: > And they've had almost a year and a half to figure out a response to the > SoundExchange rate increase: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33447 > > Pandora's such a nice idea, but its suggestions have always struck me > as heavily weighted toward RIAA stuff I've already heard, and often > already own. Today they not only played a 16 year old song that not > only was a relatively big hit back then, they also identified it as > coming from the Greatest Hits compilation. That's no way to introduce > me to new music. :-( > > Perhaps if Pandora played truly indie (non-RIAA) material they could > work out some royalty deals outside the expensive SoundExchange > licensing. And I'd have more reason to try them again, and perhaps > subscribe.I don't think that their job is just to introduce you to new music. > It does play music that it feels is similar to what you have as a seed. You expect perfection and it's not. I get all kinds of music on mine not just RIAA and it does introduce me to new stuff that I do like. Don't you think that most music that is going to be like your seeds is going to be RIAA? I really think they do a great job, and no, they aren't perfect. It's free, what do you want, a rubber biscuit?
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