dimanche 17 Mar 2013, 10h27m

So after trying a few things I kind of stuck with Grooveshark but also go back to Deezer and continue to use Spotify a few hours per week. For now it seems this is the way to go. The ease-of-use at Grooveshark is just better than Deezer not with everything but with making playlists. Deezer also seems to be bugged with some kind of lag or slowness when processing that. However it seems Deezer has more music available than Grooveshark, well as far as I can tell. Deezer also looks more professional and feels more legal than Grooveshark. The limits of both sites are about equal for the free accounts and are annoying but to be expected as they want you to start paying for more possibilities.

What I like most about Grooveshark? The drag and drop feature of adding to playlists. The ability to flag tracks that have an issue. The way the website is organized looks better at Grooveshark even if the Deezer once looks more professional, more clicks/steps have to be made to get somewhere. And both lack the folder-option for playlists that Spotify has, very handy. All three also lack in good interaction between users/followers so none feel like a real community. Even without ever using iTunes i get the sense that those who do are part of some special group or community.

Meanwhile I'm not doing to much at Spotify but I don't think Deezer will take-over from them to lead. Nor will any of the other streaming music websites. The waiting is for Google Music to be available all over the planet, I have no idea what it offers but it will have the potential to become market-leader. I'll share some ideas as what could do that.