[Closed] Spotify - What is it and how does it work?

yeah, im liking it more and more and am now pretty certain ill subscribe. but....... to who? 🙂

ive been running spotify and deezer side by side, using them both to see which one i take to best.

pluses and minuses for me are:

spotify - good things are in the 'my music' section its purely bands, songs, artists. playlists are underneath, and its intuitive. i dont think id ever use the features above those, browse, activity or radio.

bad point is i struggle a little with white text on black background, once ive been staring at it a while my eyes go a bit funny.

deezer- good thing is the black text on white background, far easier to read for me. i also love the way that when i cast it to tv (to play through my hifi), it opens up in a sort of separate app that shows the album sleeve and what youre playing on the tv. i dont know how they do that, as i thought casting had to show whatever the pc screen is. its good tho. spotify just shows whatevers on my pc which i would expect.

bad is the listing under 'my music'. playlists, albums, podcasts and apps. [i]no artists or singles!![/i]. bit of a biggie for me unfortunately and may be a deal breaker. id be more likely to want to search my music by the band and look what music of theirs i had rather than 'think of an album and look for it'.

as for listening offline, i cant do this with either at the mo so ill just assume that theyre both the same. if anyone has deezer and is reading this i wouldnt mind hearing your experiences of it. i far prefer the interface and the tv app, its just the missing 'artist' and 'singles' that trouble me.

just for anyone interested, ive had an email through from spotify saying that 'spotify and chromecast are now playing nicely together'

'just go to your phone app, play music, cast it etc etc'

ive had a look on my phone and its definitely better, more like the deezer app opening on the tv screen. however, it doesnt seem any different from my chromebook, it still just casts the spotify webpage.

anyone else had a play yet?