* that one has a stable high-speed Internet connection.
* that one lives in a country where Pandora and other such services work.
* that the music one listens to can actually be found on Pandora and friends.
* for radio stations, that one likes or is ambivalent to not being in full control of the music one listens to.
* that one likes the web interface these services provide. I don't use a web interface for my e-mail, and I prefer foobar2000 for my music.
I have 40 GB of music (none of which is lossless, so there's a lot of it), a lot of which is relatively obscure (e.g. fewer than 500,000 plays for the artist on last.fm), and I don't see myself getting rid of any of it any time soon.
* that one has a stable high-speed Internet connection.
* that one lives in a country where Pandora and other such services work.
* that the music one listens to can actually be found on Pandora and friends.
* for radio stations, that one likes or is ambivalent to not being in full control of the music one listens to.
* that one likes the web interface these services provide. I don't use a web interface for my e-mail, and I prefer foobar2000 for my music.
I have 40 GB of music (none of which is lossless, so there's a lot of it), a lot of which is relatively obscure (e.g. fewer than 500,000 plays for the artist on last.fm), and I don't see myself getting rid of any of it any time soon.