Kastle: Spotify

I have recently come upon this music player that connects with Facebook. Their slogan is "All the music, all the time" which proves to be very true. It has a very similar layout to Itunes, and with the free version of Spotify you can look up literally ANY song, and add it to your playlist. You can have multiple playlists if you like. But the catch is it's not free music, you can just listen to it. You can't transfer any songs over to your Itunes. Now this is a fun music site to use to listen to music, but there are some downsides. First, you have to listen to some ads after listening on Spotify for awhile before going back to your current song. Everyone can see what you're listening to through Facebook. It posts on Facebook whenever you're listening to a different song and shows how many times you've played each song. It's quite ridiculous in that regard, although on the main page of their website they claim, "Thanks to Spotify and Facebook, you can see and hear what your friends are listening to – just hit play on any music post. You can also share music with a flick of the wrist. Send it straight to your friends, or post tracks on social networks. It's how music should be." Personally i think this is NOT how music should be. Yes sharing is caring, but too much sharing is too much of an invasion of personal space. I would personally like my music choices to just be shared with myself. This augmented reality of Facebook keeps continuing to show invasion of privacy, and LOTS of sharing. In this website, it lists the downsides to Spotify, and also compares it to using it on your Iphone. They also bring up an important question: Do you think Spotify can replace your Ipod? Will soon everyone be using Spotify and we will get to see what everyone listens to? Is this an invasion of privacy?