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Comment author: lukeprog 02 July 2012 04:41:32PM *  7 points [-]

Spotify Premium ($9.99/mo)

  • Unlimited streaming for a bajillion albums and tracks, without the ads.
  • Sync music wirelessly between your computer and your smartphone. (Better than gMusic and a few other services I tried this with.)
  • 320kbps if desired.
  • Tons of great community playlists you can browse and play with one click. Also some great apps to help you keep up with the latest music you'll love, for example those reviewed by Pitchfork or The Guardian, or those at the top of the charts.
  • All the standard stuff, e.g. Last.fm integration.

There is one annoying hitch, but I have a solution. For whatever reason, Spotify doesn't let you clear your play queue. (The world is mad, and all that.) The solution is simple: (1) Create a new playlist called 'Clear play queue', (2) add only this track (one second of silence) to that playlist, and (3) double-click the 'Clear play queue' playlist whenever you want to clear your play queue.

Comment author: Rain 02 July 2012 04:50:03PM *  1 point [-]

If you don't need mobile streaming (phone/tablet), you can go with the Unlimited service at half the price ($4.99/mo) for the same library and features to any computer.

If you use Right-click, Queue, instead of double-click, you can delete items from the play queue.

Comment author: lukeprog 02 July 2012 04:59:31PM 0 points [-]

The spotify queue can contain "implicit" and "explicit" items, and you can only remove explicit ones from your queue. (Unless you use the trick I specified above.)

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