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Spotify has won me over to the music streaming services.

I admit that when music streaming services stared coming available, I was somewhat skeptical about them.

Being used to having my music on physical form(being tapes or cds), or on my devices on a digital format, instilled my with a sense of security, control, and in a way of ownership. So, the idea of moving to a streaming service made me feel like I was losing something, while not having much in return.

After being recommended Spotify by several of my close friends, and some family members, and reading several good things about it, I decided to give it a try. And to be honest, I was pleasantly surprised by how good the experience has been so far.

While I still own quite a significant collection of music, I've come to enjoy using Spotify. I haven't lost any of the security or any sense of control over how I experience music. In several ways, it has been enhanced since I can discover new music while enjoy the music I love.

One of the things I enjoyed from the start, was being able to have access to the Spotify app from my smartphone, and from Windows(which I use at work and has been a great thing to have since I can't put my music on that computer.) and Ubuntu(which I use on my personal computer.) desktops. The main selling point for me, is that the experience is the same since I can use a single account and access all the playlist I've so far.

For several years, I was quite happy using the free service. The sound quality quite good, and dealing with 30 seconds ads every 3-6 songs is quite a good deal.
To be honest, for most users this is the best option.

But I decided to move to Spotify Premium last August when I went to my sister's wedding. I had to make a long flight, and I was going to be there for some days and I didn't want to move my whole music to my smartphone since its 7.1 gigs, and the option of just having to go through it to decide which one to take with me didn't appeal to me either.

Yet, I already had a couple of playlist I on Spotify with more enough tracks for the trip, and there is an option to get better audio and save them to my smartphone like that. Better yet, I could try it for 3 months for a discounted price. So I said to myself, why not?

It'll be a year since I made the jump, and I'm not going back. For me, Spotify Premium is the right fit and value. Spotify has the right music library, and keeps adding more track that makes it great for me.

It has proven that music streaming is a great thing to have, though I still have my old and trusty music library. Better yet, there are several streaming services to pick the one that offers the experience you want. In my family, some use Pandora Radio, while some use Spotify. And I can honestly recommend both depending on your tastes.

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