Adjusting Our Spotify Premium Prices — Spotify
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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.

  • gonesnake@lemm.eeEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    I know I’m squarely in the minority here but between what Spotify pays the artists on their platform and the incredible inconsistency of availability, features and sound quality I’ll never use it. We have it where I work and it’s awful. Customize that playlist all you want it’s still going to squeeze something in there that was never added, replace a song with some other invariably shittier version and you’ll be riding the volume control like you’re watching a Marvel movie. Remastered song? Blowing out the speakers. Original version? Quieter than a mouse fart. Some weird improperly labelled remix you never asked for? Perfectly clear and we’ll play it three times within an hour despite the playlist being four hours long.

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
      5·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been using Spotify for 11 years now and I cannot say that’s been my experience at all.

      The only time I get bad live versions or covers is when I ask Google Home or Siri to play a song.

      • aeternum@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        Honestly, I’ve been on spotift since 2015, and I have not experienced that either. It’s been rock solid for me

    • Wardacus16@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Sounds like smart shuffle might be enabled. I’ve never had an issue with Spotify adding songs it thinks I might like when I use the normal shuffle mode.

    • nivenkos@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      I don’t understand the argument about the artists’ payments - they agree to be on the platform.

      And a stream will always be less value than a full CD sale - it’s also much, much less expensive for the customer.

      • FantasticFox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        It’s not like the artists got most of the revenue from CD sales either. Artists being scammed by record labels was so common it was almost a meme.

        And yeah they agree to revenue-share because it’s much better than the alternative of piracy and no money.

        I think many of the people complaining don’t remember what is used to be like when you would pay £10 per album.