Last.FM No Longer Free For Most
Internet radio has really taken off within the last few years with services like Pandora, Slacker, and Last.FM. Pandora and Slacker both offer their services for free but also have a premium upgrade package available. So far, Last.FM has always been free, including unlimited skips and a few ads. That's about to change, because today, Last.FM has announced that they are moving most connected devices over to a subscription-based service. It looks to be $3/month. Streaming through the website will remain free with ads. Also, if you have an XBox or Windows Phone 7 device, you will still get free streaming. Unfortunately, for those on iPhone, Android, and other "connected devices", you will have to start paying for the subscription on February 15th (some devices will continue to work until Summer 2011) to continue your streaming.
The revamp only affects the radio aspect of Last.fm’s services; scrobbling, music and event recommendations, social networking and community forums, and Last.fm’s wiki-based artist information remain as they were.
Source: Last.FM Blog
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Who cares, Pandora is what I’ve always used, I never liked Last FM or anything else to be honest. Nothing beats Pandora!
Oh well, looks line Last.FM wont be on my phone, easy decision.
I am a huge Slacker user. I use it more than I do Pandora. Last.fm wont be missed by me
I’ve also loved Slacker and have paid for a premium subscription. I love having the ability to cache my favorite stations to my phone. The only thing I loved about Last.FM was its scrobbling feature so if I listened to mp3s on my phone, they could automatically be added to my library on Last.FM instead of having to login and search for artists/songs every time.
jaja take that fandroids and iYuppies!!
How are they going to charge a subscription when there Android app is buggy as hell. Songs are pretty much cutting out, ending early, or only 30 seconds of a song loads. The station stop randomly by themselves. How about fix the app before you charge for it. Maybe they need the money to higher a decent developer to fix it.
I dont like last fm anyway, and if i will ever use it it will be on my xbox, however come when the charge the fee i might keep the android app so my grooveshark app can scroblle it otherwise it will thrown off my phone no problem, slacker,pandora and grooveshark apps and service are better…
