Comments on: Lala Shut Down by Apple: A Sad Day for Frugal Music Lovers http://20somethingfinance.com/lala-shut-down-by-apple/ Personal Finance Blog for Young Professionals Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:45:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe http://20somethingfinance.com/lala-shut-down-by-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-12125 Joe Fri, 28 May 2010 00:03:33 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=3070#comment-12125 Amazon also has the 30 second preview, but you can easily find full length versions of many songs on youtube or similar sites if you want a longer preview. Amazon also has the 30 second preview, but you can easily find full length versions of many songs on youtube or similar sites if you want a longer preview.

]]> By: joelk http://20somethingfinance.com/lala-shut-down-by-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-12111 joelk Thu, 27 May 2010 19:42:04 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=3070#comment-12111 Check out www.mog.com way better than any of the other lala alternatives and the closest site to doing all that lala does. They have not implemented the user to user reccomendation system yet but it is in the works. They also have some cool features lala didnt have. Its not lala... but its close. Check out http://www.mog.com way better than any of the other lala alternatives and the closest site to doing all that lala does. They have not implemented the user to user reccomendation system yet but it is in the works. They also have some cool features lala didnt have. Its not lala… but its close.

]]> By: Andy Lammers http://20somethingfinance.com/lala-shut-down-by-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-11110 Andy Lammers Fri, 14 May 2010 01:22:49 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=3070#comment-11110  Alternative to Lala or grooveshark. Over 8 million songs streaming all free. You can create your own play-list and share it with friends. Fully integrated with Facebook. Pandora is a recommendation engine based on an algorithm ours is a recommendation engine based on what your friends are listening to. http://www.myfriendsandmusic.com http://apps.facebook.com/friendsandmusic/  Alternative to Lala or grooveshark. Over 8 million songs streaming all free. You can create your own play-list and share it with friends. Fully integrated with Facebook. Pandora is a recommendation engine based on an algorithm ours is a recommendation engine based on what your friends are listening to.

http://www.myfriendsandmusic.com

http://apps.facebook.com/friendsandmusic/

]]> By: BrickWallBu http://20somethingfinance.com/lala-shut-down-by-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-11097 BrickWallBu Thu, 13 May 2010 18:56:09 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=3070#comment-11097 I personally like Amazon.com for downloading music. I've found the prices decent,there's no DRM, and searching for music is the same as searching for anything else on Amazon. Unfortunately, the actual downloading mechanism is a little clunky but I haven't had any serious problems (and you certainly don't need to download a massive program a la iTunes). Amazon also has the 30 second preview, but you can easily find full length versions of many songs on youtube or similar sites if you want a longer preview. When it comes to playing your music, I highly recommend the program Foobar2000. I'd say it's the VLC of audio players. While iTunes took 15 seconds to open up and load my library of music, Foobar does it nearly instantly. The program works extremely well immediately and is also completely customizable. You can even download a component to make it sync with your iPod. I personally like Amazon.com for downloading music. I’ve found the prices decent,there’s no DRM, and searching for music is the same as searching for anything else on Amazon. Unfortunately, the actual downloading mechanism is a little clunky but I haven’t had any serious problems (and you certainly don’t need to download a massive program a la iTunes).

Amazon also has the 30 second preview, but you can easily find full length versions of many songs on youtube or similar sites if you want a longer preview.

When it comes to playing your music, I highly recommend the program Foobar2000. I’d say it’s the VLC of audio players. While iTunes took 15 seconds to open up and load my library of music, Foobar does it nearly instantly. The program works extremely well immediately and is also completely customizable. You can even download a component to make it sync with your iPod.

]]> By: Shane http://20somethingfinance.com/lala-shut-down-by-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-10723 Shane Fri, 07 May 2010 20:30:39 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=3070#comment-10723 Yes, it may seem like a big bully move right now, but lets just wait and see what Apple does this September with its annual iPod/iTunes refresh. I'm pretty sure if Apple could let users listen to a song once for free, they would. It's the record labels that put up all the roadblocks. I'm confident we will see some sort of web-based iTunes in the next year. Yes, it may seem like a big bully move right now, but lets just wait and see what Apple does this September with its annual iPod/iTunes refresh. I’m pretty sure if Apple could let users listen to a song once for free, they would. It’s the record labels that put up all the roadblocks. I’m confident we will see some sort of web-based iTunes in the next year.

]]> By: John http://20somethingfinance.com/lala-shut-down-by-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-10683 John Wed, 05 May 2010 23:50:08 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=3070#comment-10683 I have 27,784 songs on LaLa. There model of matching songs that you already own was quite elegant. Of course Apple will not duplicate this model because it poses too much of a threat to there model which depends on me buying their hardware and paying ten times as much to listen to a song. Last December, when I heard that Apple was buying LaLa, I was pretty sure this was bad news. True to form they have proven that it was purely an anti-competitive anti-marketplace move. They spent millions of dollars to shut down a competitor. They haven't made a serious attempt to leverage this asset to improve their own offerings. I am equally dismayed at how most of the press seems totally clueless about how this is a predatory move. One "reporter" even went so far as to conjecture that this was a pretty good deal for LaLa users! I have checked out GrooveShark based on your recommendation. It doesn't seem nearly as elegant as LaLa, but it might prove to be a decent substitute. I wonder how long it will take to add my entire collection of music the the library there. I have 27,784 songs on LaLa. There model of matching songs that you already own was quite elegant. Of course Apple will not duplicate this model because it poses too much of a threat to there model which depends on me buying their hardware and paying ten times as much to listen to a song.

Last December, when I heard that Apple was buying LaLa, I was pretty sure this was bad news. True to form they have proven that it was purely an anti-competitive anti-marketplace move. They spent millions of dollars to shut down a competitor. They haven’t made a serious attempt to leverage this asset to improve their own offerings.

I am equally dismayed at how most of the press seems totally clueless about how this is a predatory move. One “reporter” even went so far as to conjecture that this was a pretty good deal for LaLa users!

I have checked out GrooveShark based on your recommendation. It doesn’t seem nearly as elegant as LaLa, but it might prove to be a decent substitute. I wonder how long it will take to add my entire collection of music the the library there.

]]> By: Jen http://20somethingfinance.com/lala-shut-down-by-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-10627 Jen Mon, 03 May 2010 16:19:29 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=3070#comment-10627 Apple is seriously pissing me off right now Apple is seriously pissing me off right now

]]> By: Evan Mullins http://20somethingfinance.com/lala-shut-down-by-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-10624 Evan Mullins Mon, 03 May 2010 15:44:11 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=3070#comment-10624 http://www.spotify.com/ only in UK, but I'd love to use something like this! http://audiobox.fm/ still in early stages, but if things are hendled well it should be real nice soon. There are a couple others, but nothing I can remember or that were good enough to use. I think I'll be using songbird for a while... or just last.fm http://www.spotify.com/ only in UK, but I’d love to use something like this!

http://audiobox.fm/ still in early stages, but if things are hendled well it should be real nice soon.

There are a couple others, but nothing I can remember or that were good enough to use.

I think I’ll be using songbird for a while… or just last.fm

]]> By: jake http://20somethingfinance.com/lala-shut-down-by-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-10601 jake Sun, 02 May 2010 10:09:52 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=3070#comment-10601 Grooveshark FTW! Grooveshark FTW!

]]> By: Shawn http://20somethingfinance.com/lala-shut-down-by-apple/comment-page-1/#comment-10596 Shawn Sat, 01 May 2010 22:05:37 +0000 http://20somethingfinance.com/?p=3070#comment-10596 Can not access itunes at work because of the network security. That's a big issue with an iphone. I found a program called mediamonkey that basically allows you to do the same thing as itunes and you can transfer and convert songs. There is a free version and a few paid versions. I'm open for other suggestions and following along the blog. Best of luck ~ Shawn Can not access itunes at work because of the network security. That’s a big issue with an iphone. I found a program called mediamonkey that basically allows you to do the same thing as itunes and you can transfer and convert songs. There is a free version and a few paid versions. I’m open for other suggestions and following along the blog.

Best of luck ~ Shawn

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