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8tracks indie music library is a hipster's dream
If your musical tastes are too obscure for Spotify and Pandora, 8tracks' got you covered. The radio-style app averages eight million active members and about 30 million hours of streaming every month. Today, the company is rolling out a library feature that allows members (or DJs) to access 6.5 million tracks from independent music storehouses like INgrooves, CD Baby, Dim Mak and more. Over the last six years since its inception, 8tracks has become a discovery tool for the indie music loving community. Two-thirds of its streams are from independent labels and musicians. With the new partnerships, it strengthens that position and continues to support artists with exposure and royalties.
This app notification is a new breed of obnoxious
If you're a frequent downloader of apps, you've probably found plenty that needlessly pester you with useless notifications. From "Rate me!" pleas to self-promotion, these incessant interruptions are often intermixed with notifications you actually care about, making the all-or-nothing decision to deny the app its notification ability a tough one. That decision doesn't seem to be so tough when it comes 8tracks, a music app that takes pestering to a whole new level of loathsome. Redditor Grimtaves87 was met with this completely pointless notification from the well-reviewed free music app and took to Reddit to voice their displeasure. That sentiment was echoed by others, some of whom note that they disable notifications by default simply because too many apps push this kind of crap upon them. We've now gotten to the point where the apps seem to simply be mocking our dislike for needless nudges, and the trend shows no sign of slowing.
