First price rise since 2011.

In the US, the new prices are:

Premium Individual - $10.99 Premium Duo - $14.99 Premium Family - $16.99 Premium Student - $5.99

The following countries will see price rises:

Andorra, Albania, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Croatia, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Thailand, Türkiye/Turkey, United States, Kosovo.

  • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m not against pirating, in fact I do it for movies and tv but this is quite an excessive reaction for like a 10% increase in what? 12 years

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      1 year ago

      For real. I saw the email that said price increases and thought, great Spotify is at it too. Then I saw it was only a $1 increase and got over it. For me piracy is more about convenience than anything else. For an extra dollar Spotify is still more convenient than downloading, organizing, and storing my own music. If that ever changes I’ll happily go back to it as I’ve already done for most movies and TV shows, but I don’t think this warrants that sort of reaction.

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        1 year ago

        Yup I feel the same way about music streaming. If I was torrenting music I wouldn’t know 70% of the songs I have in playlists currently. Paying for Apple Music is a no second thought question

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      1 year ago

      Especially with how inflation has been recently. This is more than justified.

      I might cancel my subscription anyway though, I’m listening more and more to internet radio to the point where I’m not really sure I need it any more.