From Hypebot:

To: “MySpace.com”
Is it true I can no longer listen to music on myspace unless I have FLASH 10 installed. fyi, for Mac users, you must have OS 10.4 installed in order to install FLASH 10, a $100 upgrade if you’re under 10.4; should I consider myspace no longer a valid website to listen to new music if I cannot afford this upgrade?
Thanks in advance,
Johnny

From: “MySpace.com”
Reply-To:
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 04:45:28 +0000 (GMT)

Hello,
Thank you for contacting us to get your MySpace question answered. The answer to your question is yes.
Thank you,
MySpace.com

It’s this kind of stupidity that kills a company.  You simply can’t cut off users like this.  Myspace has already lost its luster and is hemorrhaging users who favor Facebook’s neat design, flexibility, and user-centered attitude.  Not that I think Facebook can’t improve a thing or two, but Myspace has always been a pain to use, a pain to customize, and a pain to browse.  If it weren’t for the fact that many people in this industry still consider a Myspace page a necessity, I would drop it and never look back.

On a related note, here’s a graphic from http://songaday.co.uk/ that I found inspiring and insightful.  It confirms what I’ve always thought – keep your website at the center of all you do on the web.  All those other places are like renting an apartment, but your website is like owning a house.