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Spotify is raising the cost of Premium subscriptions, again (www.engadget.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Spotify is officially raising its Premium subscription rates in the US come July, following reports of the move in April. The platform is increasing its Individual plan from $11 to $12 monthly and its Duo plan from $15 to $17 monthly — the same jump as last year's $1 and $2 price hikes, respectively. However, its Family plan is going up by a whopping $3, increasing from $17 to $20 monthly. The only subscribers getting a break are students, who will continue to pay $6 monthly.

Spotify announced the price hikes less than a year after its previous one last July. Before that, Spotify hadn't raised its fees since launching a decade and a half ago. I guess it was too optimistic to hope the next increase would also take that long, especially with Spotify's continued focus (and money dump) on audiobooks.

Premium subscribers should receive an email from Spotify in the next month detailing the price hike and providing a link to cancel their plan if they would prefer to do so. Users currently on a trial period for Spotify will get one month at $11 after it ends before being moved up to a $12 monthly fee.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why does noone here mention Deezer as an alternative? Serious question, cause im currently testing their free trial. They also pay more than Spotify to the artists and have better audio quality. Also i like the flow playlist feature so far. Any reasons against Deezer? Or anything in specific that makes Tidal better?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Odds the cost comparable to Spotify and Tidal? Preferably cheaper? Lol

Also do you know if it interacts with Apple Carplay or Android Auto? Looking for an alternative myself if Spotify will keep raising prices.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same price if Spotify raises prices. But they have an annual plan that makes it cheaper than Spotify. I have no clue about apple stuff, sorry. And i never use Android Auto. Im no help here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks for answering anyway!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Spotify pays very little to artists, And the sound quality is not high.

I will be switching to Tidal very soon, as it offers HiFi and it pays more to artists. I believe it pays much more.

Spotify has been greedy and cheap in my most humble opinion!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

Prices will continue to go up until the number of subscribers lost due to the price increase outweighs the additional profit from the subscribers who agree to pay the higher amount.

Capitalism machine goes brrrrrrr

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It's to support all those artists right? Right?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Im just happy my cracked apk somehow still works. Lol

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