I am an avid listener of Yahoo! LaunchCast Radio. I always have it on, and I rate artists and by now, it plays pretty much only the music I like.

And it’s all FREE! Till now.

First they increased the frequency of commercials and more importantly, increased the frequency of LaunchCast PLUS commercials. The PLUS version lets you listen to radio ad-free and also lets you use ‘high quality’ streams.

And now they have locked me out of it. I can only listen to ‘My Station’ if I buy PLUS. Also, if I listen to some of the other free stations, I can only get ‘low quality’ streams in mono mode and no skipping.

I know, I am used to free stuff and all good stuff, but if you force me to buy your stuff, I am not going to. I am currently listening to ‘80’s hits’ on LaunchCast free, Low Quality and am perfectly ok with it.