Spotify Premium for College students - 4.99$ (US only)

[GoodBytes]

Mini news:

Are you a College student in the United States?

You can enjoy Spotify Premium service for 4.99$.

You need to validate yourself as a student. To do this you need an .edu email.

To register and more information: https://www.spotify.com/us/student/

[Jamdude]

Do people still use Spotify?

 

EDIT:  If you're in the UK, are in full time education, and are 16 or older then you can get 50% off with an NUS card http://www.nus.org.uk/en/nus-extra/discounts/50-off-spotify-premium/.  If you're in eduction then an NUS card is one of the best things you can buy.

[DoubleY]

Do people still use Spotify?

What else would we use?

[flibberdipper]

... I'm in high school.

[CoolBeans]

Do people still use Spotify?

I do, it's awesome, I use the free version though

[GoodBytes]

Do people still use Spotify?

I don't know. I use XBox Music. Because not only it's just as big library as Spotify, if not more, it simple to use (you pay, you can just download and listen what you want, no ads), and available in Canada. It's also available for free with Windows 8 (has ads).

Spotify isn't availible in Canada

[helping]

Pretty sweet, if I used spotify I might consider it

 

Wish more subscription based services offered student discounts

 

Do people still use Spotify?

More than you might think

 

It's much, much cheaper than iTunes or whatever assuming you buy more than a few songs a month. 

only real downside is you never own it

[flibberdipper]

I don't know. I use XBox Music. Because not only it's just as big library as Spotify, if not more, it simple to use (you pay, you can just download and listen what you want, no ads), and available in Canada. It's also available for free with Windows 8 (has ads).

Spotify isn't availible in Canada

Know what I'm installing when I get home.

[Jamdude]

More than you might think

OK, yep, seems like quite a few people use it 

[GoodBytes]

Know what I'm installing when I get home.

If you get the pay service, you can enjoy it on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 with the Zune desktop software.

Zune desktop software also runs on Win8.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=27163

If you are on Windows 8, just fire up Music app, login with your Microsoft account, and enjoy music with ads here and there (or get the subscription to remove the ads)

You can watch out in December for some annual subscription special. I got mine for a year half price from Microsoft online store.

[theelitegamer]

Love spotify, since I'm always on my computer. I could listen to any song I want when I want.

[Kamil]

I don't know. I use XBox Music. Because not only it's just as big library as Spotify, if not more, it simple to use (you pay, you can just download and listen what you want, no ads), and available in Canada. It's also available for free with Windows 8 (has ads).

Spotify isn't availible in Canada

 

I don't know about the sizes of the music library, but from my experiences with both the only significant difference in functionality between the two is that Xbox Music doesn't have a smartphone app unless you pay (there is a web player, but I don't know how well it works on mobile devices) while Spotify throws "suggested songs" at you if you try to listen to a playlist shorter than 50 (or something) songs. The free version of Spotify has limited skips though, I don't know about Xbox Music.

 

But if Spotify isn't available in Canada then it doesn't even matter I guess. Either way I'm not going to pay for it when the free version is so adequate.

[GoodBytes]

I don't know about the sizes of the music library, but from my experiences with both the only significant difference in functionality between the two is that Xbox Music doesn't have a smartphone app unless you pay (there is a web player, but I don't know how well it works on mobile devices) while Spotify throws "suggested songs" at you if you try to listen to a playlist shorter than 50 (or something) songs. The free version of Spotify has limited skips though, I don't know about Xbox Music.

 

But if Spotify isn't available in Canada then it doesn't even matter I guess. Either way I'm not going to pay for it when the free version is so adequate.

True you need to get the paying service for smartphone. I don't have one to try it.

You can skip as much as you want with XBox Music, on both free and obviously payed.

XBox Music doesn't have "suggested songs", but you have Radio, which when clicked on a music artists, it will look through the biography of the artists, and build a lit of people that got influenced or were influenced, or worked with, with similar genre music, and make a nice playlist for you to download or listen.

[BadgersAreCool]

I don't know. I use XBox Music. Because not only it's just as big library as Spotify, if not more, it simple to use (you pay, you can just download and listen what you want, no ads), and available in Canada. It's also available for free with Windows 8 (has ads).

Spotify isn't availible in Canada

I have spotify in canada. Use Hola unblocker to make an account and download. The streaming works without a proxy

[ShogunZ]

Here´s hoping it goes international. I´ve used premium for 2 years now.

[ohitsluca]

I don't know. I use XBox Music. Because not only it's just as big library as Spotify, if not more, it simple to use (you pay, you can just download and listen what you want, no ads), and available in Canada. It's also available for free with Windows 8 (has ads).

Spotify isn't availible in Canada

Spotify has a free version with ads, with spotify 'you pay, you can just download and listen what you want, no ads'. The only thing you mentioned that is different is the Canada availability lol. 

[Jayvin]

Started using Spotify since last year and I'm in Malaysia. As a premium user I don't regret anything!

[Project37]

I use Google all access, I am thinking of making the switch, mostly to save 5 bucks. 

[Rekx]

I use Spotify premium. I'm waiting for Wimp HIFI, which is able to stream flac quality music. Seems sweet