emusic, classic or dud?

i haven't been able to browse at all since the change - i have to search for everything using google

so much for discovering new things or browsing labels

guesswork: new ceo of this year wants to make it "premier streaming site", use established brand "emusic" to compete with established brands "spotify" and "pandora"; not give a shit abt actual extant business model and customer base. In other words ALL IS LOST unless I'm a bit paranoid obv.

you're not paranoid, but i don't think that's the motivation for the site changes.

they went from some costly framework for presenting the site to users to a nearly-free framework for presenting the site to users. the transition has been very rocky, and they apparently didn't do enough beta-testing or take other curative steps. it's gotten better, but there are still many bugs to be worked out. the change, as i understand it, was not motivated by any great decade in revenues or profits (emusic is still at about 400K subscribers, as it has been for a few years now), it was just a cost-saving measure that hasn't been handled well.

this is all from the emusic message boards. i agree with a lot of what anatol_merklich said, btw.

sorry, "any great decay"

finally canceled my account after...eight years of membership? it just got too tedious to try and spend all my money now that track costs are so variable. every month it was like a game of tetris trying to spend down to below a buck.

mmmm. time has passed, sadly; always warm feelings though and they're welcome to leave the toothbrush just in case