It's clear that internet radio is very convenient for those who spend hours in front of a computer at work or doing school work, but there are definitely some drawbacks. First of all, sometimes the personalized selections don't meet your needs at the moment. One second you can be in the mood for anything and a minute later you can be annoyed by every song you hear. Other internet stations usually don't allow you to skip the music they provide. Luckily, Pandora allows you to skip five songs in a given time period, but if the sixth song you hear is just NOT doing it for you, and you feel it's time to move on, you may be out of luck.
Luckily with Pandora, you can make multiple stations and you are given the option to "thumbs down" a song. This means that Pandora will no longer play others like it. In the end, you end up with radio stations that know you better than you know yourself.
It seems that since there are no commercial interruptions, a station would eventually become pricey. In order to avoid this, Pandora has made limitations on its website to insure their banner ads get viewed. If the Pandora webpage is minimized at the end of a song, the music will stop playing until you maximize the box. This allows Pandora to keep track of who has seen the ads. This may seem like a nuisance, but this feature keeps Pandora free of charge to all the music lovers of the world. I personally think it's worth it and maybe eventually they'll offer a paid version with even more options. Check out Matthew Schaer's opinion about the whole online radio revolution.
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