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Play Dead: Grateful Dead App
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2.7
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32 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 14 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"music"
9 negative reviews mention this · 64% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Using Widevine DRM prevents me from using this app on my high resolution music player. They need to address this. The whole point is to be able to hear this music in high resolution." - Nicholas Havemann
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"free"
5 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this app should be free. the grateful dead believed their recordings should be shared and free for everyone. charging for their live music goes against what they believed in." - Thomas Schulze Jr
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"dead"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this app should be free. the grateful dead believed their recordings should be shared and free for everyone. charging for their live music goes against what they believed in." - Thomas Schulze Jr
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"subscription"
4 negative reviews mention this · 29% of all complaints
★★★★★ "doesn't work. been trying for hours and it won't play any music. not a single song. uninstalled and reinstalled. still doesn't work. pissed off I paid money for a subscription." - Colin Leipelt
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"paywall"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App looks great , probably sounds great too, but I will never know as I won't go behind the monstrous paywall. Is this really going with the spirit of the music and taper culture?" - Simon hall
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"grateful"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this app should be free. the grateful dead believed their recordings should be shared and free for everyone. charging for their live music goes against what they believed in." - Thomas Schulze Jr
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"against"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this app should be free. the grateful dead believed their recordings should be shared and free for everyone. charging for their live music goes against what they believed in." - Thomas Schulze Jr
8
"grateful dead"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this app should be free. the grateful dead believed their recordings should be shared and free for everyone. charging for their live music goes against what they believed in." - Thomas Schulze Jr
9
"listen"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "this app won't let you stream or listen to music when you're using Wi-Fi it please fix it.." - Gale G
10
"uninstalled"
3 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "doesn't work. been trying for hours and it won't play any music. not a single song. uninstalled and reinstalled. still doesn't work. pissed off I paid money for a subscription." - Colin Leipelt
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Using Widevine DRM prevents me from using this app on my high resolution music player. They need to address this. The whole point is to be able to hear this music in high resolution.
this app should be free. the grateful dead believed their recordings should be shared and free for everyone. charging for their live music goes against what they believed in.
EDIT: The situation is worse than I ever could have imagined. The shameless grifters running this have decided to implement one of the most overbearing DRM solutions (WideVine) to"protect" their precious streams. This locks folks who use open Android systems on HiFi devices like Fiio and iBasso DAPS out of using the software. Apple Music, Qobuz, Spotify, not a SINGLE other music service does this. Jerry is rolling in his grave, shame on you
doesn't work. been trying for hours and it won't play any music. not a single song. uninstalled and reinstalled. still doesn't work. pissed off I paid money for a subscription.
PAY WALL! unbelievable, this literally goes against the free sharing supported by the band. unbelievable! atleast make a free version with adds.....
Everything is a subscription now. Spend $10 a month on buying and owning physical media, not renting more digital content.
Paywalled. You don't own this music.
behind a paywall. thanks for telling me after I signed up. why should I do this when I could listen to everything streaming for free on the internet archive. unless you're going to take that away from us too.
this app seems to be the polar opposite of what grateful dead music stood for, for decades. I uninstalled
Requiring a subscription to listen to shows that are available for free elsewhere is completely against the spirit of the music. It's a shame that the legacy of the Dead has been left in these greedy hands.
paywalled love me my good ol grateful dead but man f the paywall should have a free option, uninstalled as fast as I installed it, thanks Dave for pushing it on tgigdh without mentioning the subscription part. booooo to bad cannot do negative stars...
the fact this isn't included in with nugs...
App looks great , probably sounds great too, but I will never know as I won't go behind the monstrous paywall. Is this really going with the spirit of the music and taper culture?
this app won't let you stream or listen to music when you're using Wi-Fi it please fix it..
Sentiment summary
34%
Positive (4-5★)
19%
Neutral (3★)
47%
Negative (1-2★)