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by dsirijus 4985 days ago
I'm VIP user on GS for 3 years now.

The interface was just downhill ever since they've switched from Flash. And not only that, but this thing hogs entire CPU sometimes.

Android app is pretty sweet, though it didn't received update in quite a while.

Btw, you can be on the edge all the time on http://preview.grooveshark.com

Not only that but they've broke the promise that they'll be always free (they're not in a lot of countries) and a promise to keep my VIP subscription cost permamently at what I've subscribed too.

I'm still a whore and use them as my primary source of music though, so I guess I endorse them.

EDIT: No, they've actually kept the original pricing. My mistake.

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GS dev here, you should be grandfathered at the old price, if that's not the case for you then we goofed! If you contact support@grooveshark.com they should be able to get that corrected for you. :)
Actually, no, everything's fine. My mistake, editing the original complaint now.
Is html5.grooveshark.com going away any time soon? Ive been using that for a while on my phone and it works pretty good.
No way! We just put a ton of blood, sweat and tears into it, and we're not done. :)
> The interface was just downhill ever since they've switched from Flash. And not only that, but this thing hogs entire CPU sometimes.

Absolutely agreed! I sent them feedback about this when that change happened. The first UI was perfect!

The Android app manages to get stuck buffering a song nearly every time I use it, even on a wifi connection. The widget on my homescreen still has a spinning circle instead of a play button even though I killed the app after it got stuck days ago.