{"id":1682,"date":"2011-07-14T06:50:40","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T11:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2011-11-17T22:10:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T04:10:28","slug":"spotify-launches-in-us-today-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/software\/spotify-launches-in-us-today-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Launches In US Today, Finally And Freeeeeeeee!"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>After a long and rumor-filled life as one of the great tech-unicorns, Spotify<\/a> launches in the US today. For those not familiar with the service, Spotify is a European music streaming service that has spent the last year negotiating for licenses with the four major American music labels. Now that the negotiations are finished, the music can start.<\/p>\n Music streaming services are in no<\/a> short<\/a> supply<\/a> these<\/a> days, so Spotify has some tough competition. What makes Spotify unique is their business model of \u201cAny track, any time, anywhere. And it\u2019s free!\u201d Spotify is the only streaming service that lets you choose what track you want to hear while using a free plan (as opposed to streaming radio services like Pandora<\/a>, which are free, but only let you choose the general type of music).<\/p>\n The free version is desktop-only, and ad supported, providing users with up to 10 hours a month of streaming music. For $4.99 a month, you can get unlimited service without the ads. At $9.99, you can use the service via their mobile apps for Android and iOS, connect to other streaming media devices from companies like Sonos and Logitech, and it includes an offline caching feature, so you can listen to your tracks even if you don\u2019t have an internet connection.<\/p>\n