Ask HN: Is it worth paying 36 dollars for Pandora (ad free version)?

On another note, if music recommendation is not what you want you might want to try Grooveshark for listening to music without interruption.

http://listen.grooveshark.com

I love it. If you listen to pandora while working or regularly you will quickly run out of free hours. The downloadable client is also nice as it won't slow down your browser with flash.

I usually run out of hours halfway through the month. if you are running into the limit, I'd suggest subscribing.

Paying for Pandora has been one of the best investments I've ever made. With a little tuning you can get stations that play endless amounts of music you enjoy with no intervention on your part, and you never have to stop listening. If I had to guess I'd say I listen 50+ hours a week.

Their Android app also works pretty well. I use it when working out and when walking around campus. Using the app I was also able to listen to Pandora when some friends and I road tripped to Seattle this summer (3500+ miles round trip). No CDs or station flipping required :)

I would note that I'm not real prone to buying music, so Pandora tends to be my only music source. That makes it pretty easy to justify $36 a year.

Love it. Less time-outs, no ads interrupting my music (ads aren't bad, but when they play the exact same ad every time... it's annoying).

after years of using pandora w/o paying, i recently made the decision of trying it, i can say the pandora one client is really bad, the music is exactly the same, just no ads, and on the web you can change your ads for custom backgrounds, but to be honest, sometimes i miss those pretty ads of them on the sides. i wish they made their mac player better

Isn't this personal opinion? This doesn't really seem HN suited.

Cofounder paid for a subscription. Loves it.

Lets say it this way... Pandora is so awesome a 36 dollar annual donation is worth it just for that fact alone.