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I don't pay for much online. But, Rdio has my money and I probably won't switch to Spotify. When I first joined spotify they scanned and left my entire itunes library corrupt -- it was a pain to say the least.

I see this as a swan song and it's simply unsustainable in real products, and is probably just a ploy to get me lulled into accepting their experience -- until it's too late.

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The killer feature of Spotify over Rdio is the ability to sync and integrate your personal music collection. With Spotify, I can make playlists that combine their material with my own MP3s, and it all syncs seamlessly to my phone. Rdio locks you into their collection, while Spotify letse combine their collection with mine.

I guess that's great. With Rdio I've just stopped collecting music. I'll check out the occasional independen" artist once in a while, but usually they'll be up on Rdio in no time.

I think Rdio was a game changer for me. It's the first time I've spent real money on a subscription for anything.

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