Spotify Moves itself onto Google Cloud.

[Arty]

http://www.wired.com/2016/02/spotify-moves-itself-onto-googles-cloud-lucky-for-google/

 

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A decade ago, the Swedish startup built its seminal streaming music service atop a small number of machines inside a Scandinavian data center, before expanding across this facility and into data centers in the United Kingdom and the US. Now, Spotify has resolved to move its entire service out of these data centers and onto cloud computing services operated by Google.

Google is best known for running a search engine, an email service, a maps app, and so many other online tools for the world’s consumers. But a big part of the company’s genius is that, over the last decade-and-a-half, it has built a worldwide network of machines that can run all those consumers services with unusual speed and efficiency. And in recent years, it has invited other business and coders to build their own software on this vast online infrastructure, so they needn’t worrying about running their own machines. This is called cloud computing.

There's a lot of business related topics in the article so if your into that check that out.  But basically spotify uses google's cloud for its data now. 

 

personally i like google music, and think its kinda funny that they swtich over, give more money to google derp lol xD.

Edited February 23, 2016 by Arty
IDEK what happened with title, fixed now.

[IsaacDaGrazin]

What's Spotify?

[Guest Kloaked]

3 minutes ago, Arty said:

personally i like google music, and think its kinda funny that they swtich over, give more money to google derp lol xD.

I like Google Play over Spotify as well, just because of the bundled stuff you get.

 

However, they probably made the move because it's more secure. This was probably planned months and months in advanced as Spotify grows.

[Arty]

Just now, IsaacDaGrazin said:

What's Spotify?

Troll?

 

Its a music service like Google Music, or Apple Music. Pandora, etc

[Arty]

1 minute ago, Kloaked said:

I like Google Play over Spotify as well, just because of the bundled stuff you get.

 

However, they probably made the move because it's more secure. This was probably planned months and months in advanced as Spotify grows.

plus over valentines google fucked up hard by giving google music out for 5 dollars  a month stocked myself a couple years worth.

I just wish that 1000 song limit per playlist would be lifted.

[IsaacDaGrazin]

Just now, Arty said:

Troll?

 

Its a music service like Google Music, or Apple Music. Pandora, etc

No its not a troll, I honestly *don’t know what it is and thanks

Edited February 23, 2016 by IsaacDaGrazin
*didn't

[Arty]

Just now, IsaacDaGrazin said:

No its not a troll, I honestly don’t know what it is and thanks

lol  just wasn't sure.

[Guest Kloaked]

38 minutes ago, Arty said:

plus over valentines google fucked up hard by giving google music out for 5 dollars  a month stocked myself a couple years worth.

I just wish that 1000 song limit per playlist would be lifted.

Ha. Didn't know they even had one. 

 

I wish they'd remove the DRM check for each play, or whatever causes the delay for songs you don't actually own but can listen to offline. 

 

They also need an offline desktop client. 

[Arty]

1 minute ago, Kloaked said:

Ha. Didn't know they even had one. 

 

I wish they'd remove the DRM check for each play, or whatever causes the delay for songs you don't actually own but can listen to offline. 

 

They also need an offline desktop client. 

I have not noticed that delay. and yes thats very much needed.

[Guest Kloaked]

56 minutes ago, Arty said:

I have not noticed that delay. and yes thats very much needed.

Compared to Spotify's near instant song skip, Google Play is slow when you don't actually own the song. 

[Arty]

1 minute ago, Kloaked said:

Compared to Spotify's near instant song skip, Google Play is slow when you don't actually own the song. 

i mean it takes a blink of an eye for it to switch so it doesn't really bother. On my phone and pc.

 

On my chromecast tho it takes a second or so which does get annoying.

[PlayStation 2]

2 minutes ago, Kloaked said:

Compared to Spotify's near instant song skip, Google Play is slow when you don't actually own the song. 

Spotify isn't the fastest either but that may just be shitty laptop limitations kek

[Guest Kloaked]

16 minutes ago, Arty said:

i mean it takes a blink of an eye for it to switch so it doesn't really bother. On my phone and pc.

 

On my chromecast tho it takes a second or so which does get annoying.

Do you actually own the music, though? Or are you accessing it with just the subscription service?

 

Because it's never been instant for me on any device I use.

[Arty]

1 hour ago, Kloaked said:

Do you actually own the music, though? Or are you accessing it with just the subscription service?

 

Because it's never been instant for me on any device I use.

no, all from subscription. 

it isn't instant, but also isn't enough for me to notice.

 

Do you have it saved on your phone or always pulling from cloud?

 

[Guest Kloaked]

1 minute ago, Arty said:

no, all from subscription. 

it isn't instant, but also isn't enough for me to notice.

 

Do you have it saved on your phone or always pulling from cloud?

 

Saved to my phone. What I'm just saying is that it's not as quick as Spotify when you change songs. The app is sorta slow overall as well.

[Arty]

Just now, Kloaked said:

Saved to my phone. What I'm just saying is that it's not as quick as Spotify when you change songs. The app is sorta slow overall as well.

Meh hasn't bothered me, Even in the car when i have it with bluetooth i don't notice the delay while driving, 

Honestly isn't a big deal  would be nice if not thier but oh well.

[ManOfDisguise]

I use Google Play Music and I quite like it and of course I'm gona support my fav composers and music companies so I buy the albums(usually 3.99 euros for an album in my case which is pretty good imo). 

 

Spotify Free is a big piece of annoying shit with its ads but I still use it in case there are some albums that aren't on Gplay Music. And you basically can't do anything on Spotify Free on mobile, especially if you don't have an online connection. On PC it's better but still, the ads are sooo annoying lol.

Spotify with a sub though is really awesome but I don't feel like paying around 6 or however many euros every month

[suicidalfranco]

now if only they could give a yearly fee cause i don't like paying monthly

[Mihle]

Spotify is the biggest music streaming in Scandinavia, does not surprise anyone I hope.

 

I use Spotify, I would maybe switch to Google Music, but then Google Music would have to get better first... like on desktops.

[corsairian]

I stil havent used spitify. Im using tidal, google music, and youtube. But i prefer all my music to be stored ON my device. 

[Arty]

15 minutes ago, corsairian said:

I stil havent used spitify. Im using tidal, google music, and youtube. But i prefer all my music to be stored ON my device. 

i use googl e music, i would store my music on my phone but even with a 32GB phone thats still not enough space.

[zMeul]

here's a cloud:

U telling me it has spotify now?

[thexzenon]

1 hour ago, zMeul said:

here's a cloud:

U telling me it has spotify now?

Right edge of the cloud, there's a horizontal 'S' shape. Need any more evidence?

[suicidalfranco]

53 minutes ago, crisro996 said:

Right edge of the cloud, there's a horizontal 'S' shape. Need any more evidence?

I don't see it

[thexzenon]

14 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

I don't see it

#illuminati 

 

On topic: This won't really affect the users so they won't care, but the article does a pretty decent job at explaining what is exactly happening and why. As far as I'm concerned, I wish Spotify was available in Romania. So far, the only streaming services here are Google's own Play Music, which I use and find pretty great, despite the app being a bit prone to crashes and some local thing from Vodafone called Zonga which is pretty ugly, but free for their subscribers.