Pandora, Introduces a Subscription Service with New App and No Ads
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The days of unprofitability behind them, Pandora took the curtain off its latest product called “Pandora One” ushering in a new era of the popular online music streaming service.
Pandora One, costing $36 a year might actually be worth the fee. The most noticeable feature of Pandora One is the yearly fee eliminates all ads – everywhere. That means no ads on their website, no ads in their audio streams, and no ads in third-party apps, as well as the iPhone and Blackberry client.
Additionally an in exchange for your paid subscription you get access to a high-quality 192kbps stream and a 5 hour timeout.
This is not new, Pandora just changed the name. Pandora has always offered the $3/month subscription tier. This removed ads and allowed you to play your stations on devices like the SqueezeBox
I’m amazed that companies can still build a business around ads. Thanks to adblock, I’ve almost forgotten the internet had them.
@Tom, so instead of having ads you’d rather pay for something? Or would you just rather be a douche and not give creators their share of profit? Granted, I use ABP for blocking annoying (i.e. talking or flashing ads), but I don’t block every form of advertising. People like you however, are ensuring that we’ll all have to pay to view websites such as Digg, or they’ll have to close down. Thanks.
@Mat, you are clueless – I use ABP on the defualt settings just like the rest of the world. It blocks what it blocks, which is most ads thankfully. Furthermore, the plugin blocks ads on the client level, so most “creators” will have no clue if you do or don’t block their ads.