Hey, so this is the “first thing” I needed to discuss that wasn’t related to gaming. In the same timespan as the second thing, I got an email (in my Spam folder) about “Introducing Pandora Premium”.
Now I’m with Pandora One, and I’m paying $35 a year in December. And they want more money? I’ll pass. I like my current service.
But then I did some research on this “Premium” service, and was in for the shock of my life when I noticed ‘Pandora One’…doesn’t exist anymore! WHAT THE FUCK?!?! They..they got rid of One, without telling me?! That’s low. On top of it, this new service is nearly $110 /year! The ‘cheaper’ service is “Pandora Plus”. I heard of the announcement of this, yet I assumed it was just Pandora One going under a new name.
…No, it’s not. They want $55 /year for it. That’s TWICE what I’ve paid (since 2009 (I think) of when I signed up to it)! Right now, I don’t even know what my plan is. Probably ‘Pandora Free’ (hey, can you all fucking give me my money back?).
I’m this close to cancelling my subscription, and going with something like Spotify (or some other music streaming service). Sent them an email, ‘trying’ to be as calm as I can (a few cuss words managed to get in(but can you really blame me for being left out in the dark like this?), but they’ll just say “we’re sorry for any difficulty this has caused you”). “Sorry” isn’t going to give me all the money I handed over to them, to support a music streaming option that doesn’t exist anymore.
See if they’ll respond to it.
Now these two plans, and their higher pricing. I get why they did this. It’s quite obvious. They’re getting new music (and the artists want a lot of money). And as any company out there, they pass the cost to the consumer (because fuck them paying for it to keep costs low).
$35 a year felt reasonable, for as much as I used Pandora (which is not really that much). I refuse to pay any more. It’s not worth it.
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EDIT: Alright, guys. Thanks to all of your emails (and /r/Pandora), it seems Pandora One is now Pandora Plus. And..they did send me an email, but I just never read it (which makes this my fault, and I feel like an ass for the way I acted in that email I sent to them). And as for the fact I’m still paying $35 /year, I’m on some sort of “grandfathered” plan (for having Pandora One before the change).
This means I’m getting the same thing of Pandora Plus, for half the cost. I-I’m OK with this!! Absolutely NO problem there. 🙂
But just how long until this “grandfathered” plan lasts, is unknown. Perhaps you guys could tell me, if this thing will stay the same until an asteroid hits the Earth and ends all life as we know it, or if I would eventually have to pay the $55 /year.
At any rate, at least I don’t feel screwed (for now).
Now if you would escuse me, I’m going to be listening to the Skyrim OST again.