MP3tunes has downsized free space

This a little surprise. Since they were offering your mp3s an unlimited online host for free I was used and pleased to sync my music with my locker, mainly in order to listen to it from other computers (the iPod is never so happy when you connect to a stranger computer, thanks stupid iTunes!).

Last time I started the LockerSync (they also have a Linux version) to upload a couple of disk I just ripped, I saw I am using 18.36 GB out of 2.00 GB. Actually what happened is that MP3tunes changed their policies (they would do that from time to time) and stopped offering unlimited space. My file will stay safe until I delete them, but I won’t be able to upload any new tunes until I go under 2 GB, unless I subscribe for a premium account.

There are some more new limitations introduced, like the audio & visual advertisement, making your songs collection playing like a radio, interrupted from time to time by some nice voice telling you where and how to spend your money¹. And also they won’t allow free accounts to play through third part hardware and software: I was just so happy about the upcoming Amarok 2 is supporting MP3tunes from its Internet tab. Do you want to use that function? That’s just $4.95 per month (about 3,50€ at today rates).

OK, it’s their right to do what they want with their servers and hard drives (since I’m a poor poor user looking for free stuff). I just want to complain their service is not so interesting as it was before. It’s time to look for something better… or for a new hard drive.

1. Actually I played it a couple of hours and it never occurred [↩]