Techcrunch has a very interesting read today: Deny This, Last.fm. Not that I would have anything to hide, and I have already stopped using the Last.fm service. And that for a very good reason: Last.fm chose to split their userbase in two: 1st class users and 2nd class users. The 1st class users are free riders, while the 2nd class users have to play for the fun. As one that had been defined as a 2nd class user, I simply decided to stop using Last.fm.

Update: There are always two sides of a story, also to this one. Guardian last night posted a link to Last.fm’answer, that was posted in their forum.

Is there any music service that can import my listening habits (data), so that I can finally delete my Last.fm account? And my other big question is, how many users have Last.fm lost on these two decissions? It must be many, and perhaps this is the end of Last.fm?