News - HP to preload Omnifone unlimited music service

[HEXUS]

Partners with UK company to launch MusicStation on Pavilion, Presario and Envy PCs across Europe.

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[miniyazz]

Yayy, just what I always wanted. The ability to pay to listen to music which goes away when I run out of money.

[Funkstar]

Yayy, just what I always wanted. The ability to pay to listen to music which goes away when I run out of money.

How is that different to any of the other subscription streaming services?

It's a model that works for a lot of people.

[miniyazz]

How is that different to any of the other subscription streaming services?

It's a model that works for a lot of people.

Well, if it works for people, fair play. But IMO, a subscription-based service where most of the songs you just downloaded don't get deleted at the end of the month is a much more logical proposition (I believe Virgin Media were thinking about some similar thing?)

[Funkstar]

you only get to keep the MP3 files of ten tracks per month

I presume these are actual MP3s and not DRM restricted. Granted not a lot, but the rest you can stream, so that would only be the ones you want to keep.

It might be a much more logical proposition for you, but it's less likely to be a viable service for the content providers.

[mikerr]

Spotify is the better model - free with ads.

Paid for)premium) gets rid of ads, and lets you keep music offline too.