Napster changes sneakily

[fatboyslimfast]

So, there I was happily enjoying my Napster subscription, trying to decide between it and Spotify Premium, when Napster changes it's subscription model, without so much as an email...

Before, one was able to download as many items as one wanted, on to up to three PCs - now, the option to download is gone, replaced by a 12-track 256kbps MP3 allowance per month. Apart from this "quota", you can't cache the tracks for listening to offline (i.e. in car/on train/on holiday).

Both Napster and Spotify are a tenner a month.

Decision made for me. Bye Bye Napster - it's been real... Hello Spotify Premium on my iPhone...

 

[idc]

Fbsf, so Napster has gone from unlimited to 12 tracks a month, and still for a tenner? Enjoy Spotify!

 

[Anonymous]

Spotify all the way for me even before the change so no big loss

 

[Dave_]

Seems an odd decision by Napster,given the growth of streaming services of late.Still if that means more Napster subscribers jump ship,all the better for Spotify.

 

[Overdose]

When you say 12 tracks, I presume that's 12 individual songs/tunes? For a tenner?? All this at 256Kbps too.

That sound outrageously expensive. Particularly for compressed files. This is why downloading music just hasn't done it for me. I could trawl ebay or Play.com etc for 2 or 3 discs at that price.

I quite liked the Russian dowload site AllofMP3.com, aside from the dubious legallity issues, it had an excellent user interface with the option of downloading in a wide range of codecs, in different compression sizes, including lossless. You paid by the MB, so a track was more expensive if you wanted a lossless file instead of say 128Kbps.

 

[tomayresss]

I'm confused.

MP3s? Does this mean they've ditched the whole DRM-WMA thing?

Also does this mean Napster-to-go (£15/mo) no longer requires a DRM-WMA compatible device?