Grooveshark

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Will be nice to have Grooveshark profile import, search and play music from it 
too.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by hadzhige...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2012 at 11:14

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Definitely desirable. My current focus when it comes to more sources is 
Internet Radio but then I could go for Grooveshark support. I bet it's free 
which means that I will be able to do Grooveshark before Spotify (which will 
cost me money).

I don't want to promise anything but I will guess that you could expect to see 
it arrive in alpha before summer.

Original comment by ephracis on 24 Jan 2012 at 1:46

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Yes, it's free for users, not sure about API but I presume it is free too. Have 
a look at http://developers.grooveshark.com/ and request an approval :)

Original comment by hadzhige...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2012 at 2:12

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Great app by the way, nice work. Well done!

Original comment by hadzhige...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2012 at 2:12

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Thanks! :D

Original comment by ephracis on 24 Jan 2012 at 8:34

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Original comment by christof...@stoffiplayer.com on 24 Apr 2012 at 4:49

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Seems Grooveshark has some restrictions on the use of their API:

1) We pay them.

This can't happen right now as Stoffi doesn't have any money. We could collect 
money from users (have some sort of "Stoffi Premium" account) where we could 
allow for Grooveshark streaming.

2) Users pay.

Only users with Grooveshark Anywhere accounts can listen to Grooveshark inside 
Stoffi. This means I can't use and test this feature as I don't have 
Grooveshark Anywhere account and I don't have any money for it. (This is the 
same issue as with Spotify streaming.)

3) We show ads.

We need to show an ad for each stream. Grooveshark will get all money from the 
ad, we get one stream for one ad impression (display). Not sure where this ad 
would be placed. I don't really like ads inside the app but if it can be placed 
nicely I could accept it.

So I would go for either 1) or 3). Perhaps a combination of them: you can have 
Grooveshark for free but with ads, or you can buy a Stoffi Premium account and 
get rid of the ads. If we do this I can do this in two steps: first implement 
3) and then go for 1) later. But then we need to find a good placement for the 
ads.

Any ideas?

Original comment by christof...@stoffiplayer.com on 3 Mar 2013 at 8:05

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