Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Free Last.fm service on mobile devices turning into subscriber-only feature

If you're a fan of Last.fm's mobile apps to stream free music to your phone or home entertainment system, get ready to be disappointed. The company announced Monday that it was killing the free service, but keeping it around as a paid subscriber feature. Worry not, though, as Last.fm's radio service will remain free on its website.

Last.fm's Matthew Hawn wrote in a blog post Monday that the free radio streams offered to mobile devices would end on February 15. He explained that the company makes ad revenue on its website, which helps to support the free service via the browser in the US, UK, and Germany, but that such a model doesn't quite work on mobile devices.

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