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Comment author: RobertLumley 28 July 2012 06:59:13PM 0 points [-]

available worldwide (as far as I can tell) and features radio stations from all over; unlike Pandora which is unavailable in many countries (including where I live)

FWIW, I use Pandora and it is very similar. This is an obvious advantage, but if you have access to Pandora, I'm not sure which is better.

Comment author: Bill_McGrath 28 July 2012 07:09:47PM 0 points [-]

Back when Pandora first launched and was available in Ireland, I remember that it required you to put in an artist/song you liked and it would seek out similar music based on that artist/song's features - this approach seems to be slightly different in that you don't need to know any artists to start off with.

Though, now that I think about it, I'm probably more concerned with musical genre than a lot of casual listeners, and perhaps everyone is not aware of what the genre they are seeking is called. So this may only be of benefit to a minority of people.

Comment author: RobertLumley 28 July 2012 07:59:45PM 1 point [-]

I believe Pandora will let you go by genre.

Comment author: Bill_McGrath 28 July 2012 08:27:20PM 1 point [-]

Fair enough, in that case the only real advantage I can see (without first-hand knowledge of Pandora) is availability outside of the US.

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