[maxscam]

This is really true. I used to use grooveshark, which is very similar to spotify in terms of functionality, but what it had that spotify lacks is user generated playlists. I find spotify horrible for finding new music, however once you know who you want to listen to its great.

[thirdsun]

So you don't consider those playlists you can create and share on Spotify as user generated? However I agree that they could be featured more prominently.

Apart from that Grooveshark was a service without legitimate content. As a streaming service you can't rely on user uploads and ignore the whole licensing aspect of the business.