PandoraReviews 538

I have been a subscriber of their services for over 7 years. I have built a large library. And all sudden, my current account is not recognized nor my email address. I contacted their customer services and showed them past emails from them that prove that my account existed. Some one from their support replied and asked me for information related to my account and I gave her what she needed. I have never heard from her again. I contacted their services again and they never replied. I will never use their services again.

Hate the new web page... many seem to feel the same. I said when the classic page went away, so would I. I deleted my account the moment i could not switch to the classic format. So now because you failed to listen, I'm all done listening to ads. I wonder how many other people are deleting accounts, and if that is why your stock is dropping. I hope so. So many better options out there now. Google Music, Spotify, Amazon, The Radio... You couldn't leave well enough alone, and despite the complaints about your new web interface, you pushed it out without addressing the concerns.

If you feel the same you have to delete your account, not just stay away, if you keep your account, they will still use it to market membership numbers to advertisers. Fewer accounts means fewer ad dollars, and maybe someday they will listen.

Pandora used to be good but then they went to their new format and every half hour you have to click to confirm you are still listening (I think it used to be every hour? Or hour and a half?), and since we listen from an office, having to stop what you are doing when the music stops and go click that page to start it again, became too much of a hassle. Especially since it is at one computer and if someone else is listening, they have to get up and go to that computer (the only with sound in this office) and click. Every, half. Hour. Got to be too much and we found something else that has more variety and we dont have to click every half hour!

I really enjoy listening to Pandora, moreso than I do listening to something like SiriusXM. I like that you can thumbs up/down tracks, and their suggestions for music I might enjoy are usually pretty on-point.

My qualms: They should pay the artists more when they play their songs (but all streaming services are guilty of paying bands abysmally), and also the frequency of the ads drives me crazy - but I'm too cheap to pay for the premium service.

My biggest issue with Pandora (as with most services) is that ad volume far exceeds the volume of songs. Volume inconsistency does not stop there. Some songs are much louder than others. This small concept is leading to me using Pandora less and less. There was a law implemented to Television ads being much louder than the main broadcast.

" Specifically, the CALM Act directs the Commission to establish rules that require TV stations, cable operators, satellite TV providers or other multichannel video program distributors (MVPDs) to apply the Advanced Television Systems Committee's (ATSC) A/85 Recommended Practice ("ATSC A/85 RP") to commercial advertisements they transmit to viewers"

The Commission adopted rules on December 13,2011 that require commercials to have the same average volume as the programs they accompany.

I'm unsure why this doesn't also apply to Pandora's Streaming service.

Pandora decided to change its entire setup without an email, without training me how to use their newly edited system. Drove me nuts trying to figure out how to shuffle my rock stations. When you completely revamp your site, it might be WISE to let your USERS know how to continue using your SYSTEM!

I liked my pandora's design fine before. One thing they didn't include in their revamping was a way to drop stations into selected folders so you could just click a folder to play all. I have my quieter music and I have my rock. I have my celtic and country stations. It'd be easier to play all of my tracks of a certain type.

So all this revamping and they didn't make it more user-friendly. All they did was irritate me by completely changing how I play my tacks. And then I had to look through help just to work out how it works. Thanks Pandora, way to piss people off.

"Are you still listening?" OMG, I was so tired of Pandora just shutting off, to ask that question. Well, yes, I WAS LISTENING, until you just quit!
That is Pandora's way of trying to get you to PAY MONEY, and "upgrade". Well, NO, not when I can go elsewhere to get the music I want to listen to all day at work. I must say that Jango is so much better! (middle finger lifted on the way out...)