Overview of streaming services, or Farewell, "VKontakte"

And you don't need to be a genius to understand that VKontakte, which we love so much because of free music, will soon lose this music or the copyright holders will eat it. In addition to such an obvious alternative as buying music, we want to offer another great option - streaming services. For a ridiculous monthly fee, they give you access to any music with the right tags, covers and without any problems.

In this article, we'll take a look at the most popular streaming services and discuss their pros and cons.

Subscription fee: 500 rubles per month, but can be reduced by using proxies from different countries

The founder of streaming services, Spotify has contracts with all recording studios, which means that you can find absolutely any music in it. The only and significant drawback is that Spotify is not officially available in Russia and Ukraine, but this should change by the fall. However, if you want to use the service right now, you can use one of the many unofficial ways to activate it.

Spotify allows you to download music offline and has clients for all operating systems. Offline download is available by subscription only. Those who use the service for free will also have to listen to ads.

Subscription fee: 189 rubles per month in Russia, 49 hryvnia per month in Ukraine

A wonderful service that has recently been launched in Ukraine. Has clients for Android, iOS and an unofficial client for Mac. But the main listening method is the browser. For myself, I chose Google Music and cannot find a single minus. Music can be downloaded offline; all covers, titles, etc. are matched perfectly. And the radio, which plays music according to your preferences, is super cool at all.

If you register in the first month after the launch in Ukraine (hurry, there is not much time left), then the subscription will cost 49 hryvnia, if later - 69.

Subscription fee: shareware, iTunes Match - 799 rubles per year

iTunes Radio lets you enjoy the full power of Apple. It is unlikely that any other service will be able to compete with it in terms of the amount of music. However, iTunes Radio has more disadvantages than we would like. Advertising. Although the service is free, you cannot use it without a subscription to iTunes Match. After every two or three songs, an advertisement is played, which over time begins to be very annoying.

Also, without a subscription, you cannot switch more than five tracks at a time. But after purchasing a subscription, all these problems disappear, and iTunes Match will be the best choice for owners of Mac and iOS devices.

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Subscription fee: 149 rubles per month

More recently, Yandex. Music has finally added the entire Sony Music catalog and thereby removed the main drawback for those who love Michael Jackson, Shakira, Daft Punk, Bob Dylan and many others. This music was simply not in the service. Now Yandex. Music can compete with the services listed above and will especially appeal to those who listen to Russian music.