Spotify, I love/hate you

Two weeks ago I finally decided to go through the trouble of creating a Spotify account for myself, by using the proxy trick and pretending to be a user from the UK. Already during the first few days I have managed to develop a love/hate relationship with the service, which kind of verifies that Spotify is indeed going to be a revolution at least the size of Napster. All great service products have to stir up some emotion, so things are looking good for the Swedes. Congratulations, you lucky devils.

Spotify, I love you because…

• You make it so incredibly simple to access music, even those albums that I have on my CD shelves
• If I want to do research on a new artist, your single UI is so much more convenient than browsing YouTube or downloading MP3’s
• Your €10/month offer for the premium service is so attractive
• You are seriously making me question why people need to own music in the first place

Spotify, I hate you because…

• You make me wonder why I should bother to continue digitalizing my CD’s, while I’m already halfway through the project
• You provide hardly any tools for discovering new artists within the application, so I still need to do that somewhere outside
• You don’t seem to offer much in return for the €10 premium service, since the free account is already so damn good
• I like to own CD’s and you’re making me look like a fool