Pandora has recently (probably a month ago or so) started doing video advertisements.
If you are a frequent Pandora user, you know that quite a while ago they started doing audio ads — that wasn’t so bad. The video ads have a real problem though: Not only are they long, often loud, and annoying, but if you select the wrong station the station buttons disappear until the ad is over and you must wait an excessive period of time.
I found a good alternative though:
You do not have to register to try Last.fm, which is great if you just want to try it out and see how it works.
Chances are, you have run into Last.fm at some point in time, specifically while Googling music. Here are the features:
Integrated with RhythmBox (in Ubuntu Linux),
No audio OR video ads (just site ads around the player, they don’t get in the way)
You can use without creating an account (I tried it out for a few days before I decided to go ahead and register)
If you do register, it’s pretty much like Pandora allowing you to create stations based on songs or artists.
Con:
While listening to my Frank Sinatra radio, I have gotten a lot of Christmas music (but, Frank did cover a lot of Christmas music)
So, give it a try. Last.fm (as in, www.last.fm .. no .com needed)
