# The new iTunes?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-itunes/332958>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 27, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-itunes/332958 "2005-11-27T21:32:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Easybreathster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Easybreathster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Easybreathster)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-itunes/332958/1 "2005-11-27T21:32:55Z")

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I’m not entirely sure on posting this, but since it is a free website that plays music, I’m going to try. Mods, ya’ll feel free to delete and ban, of course.

> **[Music and Podcasts, Free and On-Demand | Pandora](https://www.pandora.com/)**
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> Play the songs, albums, playlists and podcasts you love on the all-new Pandora. Sign up for a subscription plan to stream ad-free and on-demand. Listen on your mobile phone, desktop, TV, smart speakers or in the car.

A short description; you enter a name of an artist you like, say **The Brian Jonestown Massacre** , into the search box. The function then goes through a “Genome” search of the band you selected, and play you music by bands that have a similiar style to the band you entered. You can give the function feedback by a simple “I Like/Dislike this song” menu. And it’s got a very wide selection of tracks, even getting fairly obscure punk like The Kills and so on.

And it’s free, though you have to register after a while. Just thought I should share, after reading the music groove thread.

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-itunes/332958/2 "2005-11-27T22:21:17Z")

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Seen it. Can’t say I was a big fan. It jsut seemed kind of useless to me. I already know what kind of music I like, and I don’t need suggestions from a computer about what else there might be.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-itunes/332958/3 "2005-11-27T22:43:42Z")

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I like these things, I’ve discovered a few new albums I like from websites like this. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-itunes/332958/4 "2005-11-27T23:11:13Z")

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Hey, I’m liking this! It’s a lot like Launchcast before it was bought by Yahoo and they lowered the bitrate for free users.

Btw, the mods will likely move this thread to Cafe Society, that’s where the entertainment threads go. I’d also recommend the title maybe be changed to something more descriptive, but that’s up to the OP and the mods of course.

Good stuff, thanks again for the link!