If you’re among the long-term Grooveshark users still mourning that controversial streaming service’s demise—along with the elaborate playlists you’d stored with it—you’ll be happy to hear about StreamSquid. This new streaming-music service is just as free as Grooveshark, which was recently sued out of existence. The difference is that StreamSquid’s creators maintain its service is perfectly legal because all the music comes from legitimate third-party sources such as SoundCloud and YouTube

Let’s take a brief look back at Grooveshark before we delve into the details of how StreamSquid works. Launched in 2006, Grooveshark had a vast, supposedly crowdsourced catalogue of music files that almost anyone could access for free (in exchange for viewing ads). Grooveshark also offered a paid service that was free from ads, but it was the gratis offering that made it the streaming destination of choice for millions around the world.

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