October 21st site update - forthcoming changes for subscribers

*insert epic sized sad face here*

although i too am loosing some of my favourite features, i hope this gives a chance for better things to come in the future. although the present seems bleak, change is a necessary element to the development and continued progression of a better website. with all of the legal issues surrounding streaming music, and especially since streaming music is a very "young" feature of the great interwebz, i rather expected things like this to happen eventually (even sooner than this). as some doors close, new doors will open, and hopefully these new opportunities are taken full advantage of, whatever they may be/whenever they may occur.

and just to be clear, i am speaking from a user/artist standpoint of course...

I had over 200 playlists- many with 200 hand picked songs in them- which I clung to after the last "updates". And I learned to utilize the tagging to also give me what I wanted when I wanted it. And the loved tracks? Another way to enjoy someone's or your own top choice selections.

And now THAT TOO will be taken away. Just what is it that is left to entice me to continue with one tiny shred of hope?

Danged if I know....

Seems more like an AM station from the sixties....

speechless..no reason to stay with them...personalization was the key to this site and they have taken it all away...lame

The entire point of last.fm is to be able to cultivate your own radio stations so you can play the music you want. That's what we're paying for when we subscribe. If I wanted to listen to what a bunch of corporate executives think I should listen to I would turn on traditional radio. This is what happens when old-style media corporations run things.

Maybe I should have jumped ship when CBS bought last.fm - the ones who did were just ahead of the curve.

Worst of all I think the last.fm staffers must know this is a real downgrade for the site, hence the refund offers. They know that their service is getting worse, but keeping the traditional record industry happy is the bottom line. We can all storm off the site in a fit, but they're already expecting that and have factored in the losses.

:(

Incredible how blatantly people are able to tear down their own work. I can only support what most of the others already mentioned, removing these features renders Last.fm pretty useless.

Why not pssh rm -rf your webservers? That'll require a lot less work than downgrading each and every feature one by one.

Last FM has finally reached the lowest point. Without the option of creating your own playlists and playing your own station, is a huge downturn. I will look for another website where I can actually save music and listen.

Embrace the Nadir,

Josh

Cherrybomb66 said:
Seriously?! Please tell me this is a joke!!!! It was one thing to take away full track previews but now all this? I WANT A REFUND....I AM PAYED UP THROUGH DECEMBER AND ACTUALLY HAVE TWO MEMBERSHIPS THAT ARE PAID FOR AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK ON BOTH!!!!!!If you took time to read the original post, you'll see that there is a refund option available to you.

Further downer upon reflection: Given the way the algorithms always seem to pop up the already-played, popular tracks first, it will be even harder to get to hear the lesser-known, yet-unheard tracks- even if they are tagged globally.

Whoa. Lame. Personal tag radio is my favourite feature.

that we have been programming the Lastfm radio for them- and that is all that they want us to do- it sure would be nice if we could at least hear the music while we are doing the work for them

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Unbelievable !