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At least one Ars Technica reader agrees: Rdio > Spotify

At least one Ars Technica reader agrees: Rdio > SpotifyArs Technica reader jamieskella, contributing to Chris Foresman’s reader recommendation round-up for all those newly-gifted iPads out there: How and why is Spotify still being recommended when Rdio (free) boasts 18 million songs and is …

Rdio now sends you a notification when artists in your collection release new music

Rdio now sends you a notification when artists in your collection release new musicPeople who prefer Spotify to Rdio either don’t know Rdio exists (Rdio’s problem) or are totally crazy (their problem). What makes Rdio the better service: New release notifications for the music you love UI and UX …

Streaming music to listeners, but not money to artists

Streaming music to listeners, but not money to artistsGalaxie 500 drummer Damon Krukowski1, writing at Pitchfork: Since we own our own recordings, by my calculation it would take songwriting royalties for roughly 312,000 plays on Pandora to earn us the profit of one— one— LP sale. (On Spotify, one …