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Spotify is raising the cost of Premium subscriptions, again (www.engadget.com)
submitted 5 months ago by cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 5 months ago (2 children)

More money More crap nobody wants like audio books Still haven’t seen cd quality streaming yet

I used to happy with Spotify before the enshitificatuon happened…

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What annoys me is you still have to pay for audio books.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago

I have used Spotify's 15 free hours a month for shorter light novels, but beyond that, buying the rights to listen to a book, or buying more listening hours is very much not worth it through them.