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It's impressive you were able to stick with a side project of this caliber for over a year without giving up or remaining in the feature abyss. This app works really…",{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"4868987","gfodor","It's a cool site, and an amazing accomplishment for a side project, but I really, really have to ask: why did you spend your time building something to add to the…",{"value":62,"source":63,"evidence":64},"Free with a daily limit for non-registered users","commenter",[65],{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"4869500","mattwdelong","Nicely done, but I would seriously consider updating your daily limit. 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Found some Led Zeppelin I hadn't listened to for a while.",[155,166,173],{"value":156,"source":63,"evidence":157},"Crowded market, similar to ex.fm and Hype Machine",[158,159,163],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"id":160,"by":161,"text":162},"4868966","freeslave","it's more of a copy of ex.fm (http:\u002F\u002Fex.fm) than a slicker hype machine. ex.fm has been around a few years now too.",{"id":164,"by":161,"text":165},"4868947","hey congrats on the hard work, but this really seems like a clone of ex.fm (http:\u002F\u002Fex.fm) and a remarkably similar clone at that - what is different about 2u.fm?",{"value":167,"source":63,"evidence":168},"Too many remixes and missing popular artists",[169],{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"4868737","jakozaur","Nice concept, but find mostly crapy remixes. I couldn't find even the most popular artists (One Republic, Adele). 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