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Play Dead: Grateful Dead App
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Top complaints - extracted from 19 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 · 47% 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"
6 negative reviews mention this · 32% of all complaints
★★★★★ "just use tapers section or deadhead archives their free" - Andrew Hackett
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"dead"
5 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I've yet to get through a full song casting. Worthless. Does NOT support gapless playback via Chromecast. Loss of such an opportunity for the Grateful Dead. They need to pull this app and start over! It looks bad to the organization." - Jason Mehlhoff
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"grateful"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I've yet to get through a full song casting. Worthless. Does NOT support gapless playback via Chromecast. Loss of such an opportunity for the Grateful Dead. They need to pull this app and start over! It looks bad to the organization." - Jason Mehlhoff
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"grateful dead"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I've yet to get through a full song casting. Worthless. Does NOT support gapless playback via Chromecast. Loss of such an opportunity for the Grateful Dead. They need to pull this app and start over! It looks bad to the organization." - Jason Mehlhoff
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"paywall"
4 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "a original head here,most of this stuff is widely available without a PAYWALL in various forms,for us old timers this is kinda BS right,it never was about the dollar bill man,sorry but you know where I'm going with this! that said it is coo…" - Legend Of A Mind
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"subscription"
4 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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"been"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "a original head here,most of this stuff is widely available without a PAYWALL in various forms,for us old timers this is kinda BS right,it never was about the dollar bill man,sorry but you know where I'm going with this! that said it is coo…" - Legend Of A Mind
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"against"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% 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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"listen"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% 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
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"uninstalled"
3 negative reviews mention this · 16% 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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I've yet to get through a full song casting. Worthless. Does NOT support gapless playback via Chromecast. Loss of such an opportunity for the Grateful Dead. They need to pull this app and start over! It looks bad to the organization.
a original head here,most of this stuff is widely available without a PAYWALL in various forms,for us old timers this is kinda BS right,it never was about the dollar bill man,sorry but you know where I'm going with this! that said it is cool a official app has been developed though useless to me,still on the freaking bus man,where everyone go,o I know capitalism,not me,still holding true to post lol 🌹💀🌹
Would really love to give them my money and try this out, but I keep getting an error every time I try to subscribe. Finally gave up.
just use tapers section or deadhead archives their free
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...
Please make it so I can use the app on Hi-Res streamers, as it's the nature of the app. Implement the ability to leverage Google cast at the very least.
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
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)