There isn’t much appeal for me. I don’t care at all about the Xbox as a media center application. If I buy a console I want it to play games as the primary function.
It’s hard for me to understand the appeal of overlaying a UI over a cablebox UI.
I haven’t used Pandora since they started limiting listen time and ads became more and more frequent. At this point I’m not sure what the appeal is since Spotify provides on demand music with as many plays as you want on a free account. Why would I go to Pandora where I’m limited in what I can listen to, how many times I can skip a song, how long I can listen and have ads on top.