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

submitted 6 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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[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago (15 children)

Just a reminder that the Tidal family account at the maximum subscription "grade" costs €16.

So you and 4x buddies can get very high quality audio for €3.20/mth.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 months ago (11 children)

I switched to Tidal recently from AppleMusic and I like it.

It should be noted if you’re listening through Bluetooth like most people then you can’t get high quality.

Also, they allow you to copy your music from other services, using a third party service which was great. It does have a charge and annoyingly it is a recurring charge. So I signed up, transferred my music and then cancelled.

I then sent them a message to say it sucks that they don’t have a one of few for doing this. If you use it and agree I would send them a similar message so they get the idea that most people don’t need continuous syncing.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

The bluetooth remark is a bit misleading, there are codecs that provide better audio, which is even noticeable on Spotify.
If you have earphones that support LDAC for example (sony XMs are popular where I live), you can even use that with Windows via 3rd party software (search Win A2DP - not free, but can recommend).

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Codecs for iOS and Android?

As I imagine that’s where the most people are streaming from.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They're all proprietary, so it's less than ideal.
LDAC is owned by Sony and supported by some Androids.
Samsung has their own codec, Apple does too - each vendor locked.
Then there's Qualcomm's aptX/HD, which should now be fully supported by Android.

I don't use apple, so can't comment on other options there.

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 6 months ago

Thanks. That helps enough for me to search it not on Google

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