It's tough to compete with free by being less free.
If anyone wants a waffles invite, by the way, send me an email.
I'm curious if there is anything in particular from your collection that is unlikely to be on waffles.
I think with the restrictive nature of this service the RIAA et al might see it as being in line with their view on a music purchasors license.
PS: I never thought I'd say this, but I love the license agreement. :-)
Take for instance, buying mp3s from Amazon, and using Reble.FM. That's a violation of your agreement with Amazon. And other things may have similar restrictions.
Of course, with illegally downloaded content, you have no worries about how you can legally use it.
Just out of interest: Did the FAQ come across as arrogant to anyone else?
Yes. It doesn't inspire a lot of trust in its current form.
1. The barrier to entry is pretty high. In a world dominated by web apps, who wants to try a heavyweight Java app that might take a full 2 minutes to get set up? We live in a 30 second world these days.
2. Home routers are messy. People who aren't tech savvy aren't going to want to mess around with opening ports. UPnP helps this, but I've found that it's unreliable on many popular, low quality routers. Users who download the app and then find that it doesn't work oftentimes will just give up instead of diving into the router.
Of course, maybe I'm underestimating how much the average consumer can get done these days. It'll be interesting to see what kind of coverage this gets, especially since I'm working on an app that approaches the problem more in the style of Anywhere.FM.
Anxiously waiting for Mac version :)
