Spotify.

[NoshowJones]

I am downloading songs on Spotify. It seems a very good service, if you are on wifi or even your mobile data you can play your songs with a very good sound on the bluetooth ear buds.

You have a choice of the free downloads or you can pay 139Bt per month for playing your music normally without the need for wifi or using your mobile data. I don't mind paying the 139Bt per month, but what is the point if you will already mostly have the wifi or mobile data anyway.

Is there any other advantage with paying the 139Bt per month for always?

[Ralf001]

5 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

 

Is there any other advantage with paying the 139Bt per month for always?

[richard_smith237]

5 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

I am downloading songs on Spotify. It seems a very good service, if you are on wifi or even your mobile data you can play your songs with a very good sound on the bluetooth ear buds.

You have a choice of the free downloads or you can pay 139Bt per month for playing your music normally without the need for wifi or using your mobile data. I don't mind paying the 139Bt per month, but what is the point if you will already mostly have the wifi or mobile data anyway.

Is there any other advantage with paying the 139Bt per month for always?

 

Yes... with Spotify Premium ...

- No adverts. 

- Higher sounds quality (320 kbps / standard is 160 kbps)

- Unlimited 'skips' ( normal  typically allows 6 skips per hour )

- Can download up to 10,000 songs (useful when offline and travelling etc)

 

 

AI such as chat GPT will be able to answer many such questions for you.. 

https://chatgpt.com/

 

 

[NoshowJones]

3 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Thanks. At the moment I have the free version and can still download music, I am not really interested in podcasts. The sound is of very good quality, so unless I am missing something, what is the point of paying 139Bt per month?

[NoshowJones]

6 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Yes... with Spotify Premium ...

- No adverts. 

- Higher sounds quality (320 kbps / standard is 160 kbps)

- Unlimited 'skips' ( normal  typically allows 6 skips per hour )

- Can download up to 10,000 songs (useful when offline and travelling etc)

 

 

AI such as chat GPT will be able to answer many such questions for you.. 

https://chatgpt.com/

 

 

Thanks. I think I will pay the 139Bt per month. I assume it will be fine on, ie flights to the UK.

[richard_smith237]

3 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

what is the point of paying 139Bt per month?

 

For you, perhaps there isn't  - there's no harm in just having the standard version... 

 

... and, if adverts and not being able to 'skip' as often as you like etc becomes an issue, then you can upgrade then if you like. 

[richard_smith237]

Just now, NoshowJones said:

Thanks. I think I will pay the 139Bt per month. I assume it will be fine on, ie flights to the UK.

 

Yep.. I fly a lot, so I have most of my Music lists downloaded.

[Andrew Dwyer]

I have Spotify ( free version ) in the car and play it almost constantly, the ads are very short, , it has a huge amount of content, unfortunately the little lady has discovered there’s a lot of Thai music also !!

 

As an aside i also use Radioplayer app via CarPlay ( assuming Android will work also ) which allows me to choose from hundreds of different U.K. radio stations.

The Radioplayer app won’t play any BBC programmes ( Radio’s 1, 2, 6, World Service etc ) but for these i use BBC Sounds app which also has numerous Podcasts, much to my delight i discovered recently Desert Island Discs ( more than 2000 ) are also available and have bookmarked many.

Some classics on there, Ian Wright blubbering brought a tear to my eye I have to admit !!

[SAFETY FIRST]

32 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

At the moment I have the free version and can still download music

You can't download music on free version, you can only listen. 

 

[NoshowJones]

3 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

You can't download music on free version, you can only listen. 

 

I think you mean you can't down load the music on to another device right?

[SAFETY FIRST]

19 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

I think you mean you can't down load the music on to another device right?

You can only download music on paid Spotify, you can't download music on any of your devices on free Spotify 

On paid Spotify 

As Richard said above...... Can download up to 10,000 songs (useful when offline and travelling etc)

 

You can only listen to music for free, unless things have changed that I'm not aware of. 

 

[Seppius]

Spotify is the only "entertainment" I subscribe to, my saved list of favourite songs is 24 hours long

 

If you love music it's a must in Thailand at that price

[soi3eddie]

I used to pay for Spotify Premium. I cancelled it after realising that just about anything I want to listen to is also available on YouTube Premium. On YT Premium, I download the music videos, mixes, podcasts, films, vlogs to my phone for use offline when on a flight. Can also create and download playlists. Of course, there's also access to all the other content on YT such as films and documentarys. All for just 179 Baht per month. Adios Spotify!

 

[Lite Beer]

Apple Music and Tidal have better quality sound than Spotify.

[Drumbuie]

The disadvantage of using Spotify is that only a tiny fraction of your money ends up with the person who actually created the music. You are part of the commodification of the arts and eventually won't notice when everything is created by AI.

 

If you use Bandcamp, and occasionally pay for downloads, you will help to keep musicians in existence. On the first Friday of every month 100% of any money you spend on a download, or vinyl, or a CD, or merch, goes to the artist. 

[1FinickyOne]

I love that it automatically connects to my car radio.... 

[KannikaP]

10 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

I love that it automatically connects to my car radio.... 

I think that the 'radios' in most modern cars have Bluetooth connectivity, so you can play any music or podcast from your phone, be it live or downloaded. It also allows hands-free phone calls, or message reception.

My 2012 Toyota Vigo has that facility.

[NoshowJones]

23 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

Thanks. I think I will pay the 139Bt per month. I assume it will be fine on, ie flights to the UK.

I am now finding that now having the paid version, I cannot get shuffle. I got shuffle on the free version.

[Travis179]

2 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I am now finding that now having the paid version, I cannot get shuffle. I got shuffle on the free version.

I've had premium for years. Definitely has the shuffle option, I'm looking at it now. 

[Ralf001]

2 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I am now finding that now having the paid version, I cannot get shuffle. I got shuffle on the free version.

 

Yeah I got shuffle.