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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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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 110 points 5 months ago (21 children)

I'm all for pirating, but tbh music streaming apps are a service that is still in the "worth it" range. Not where Spotify is going, but, maintaining a library of high quality music with all the assets, and serving it to all your devices over the Internet is not a small feat to do securely.

I'll probably switch to tidal for now while I start building up my library to include stuff beyond what I like...

[–] PixelAlchemist@lemmy.world 48 points 5 months ago (7 children)

You should check out Plexamp while you bridge the gap. It has tidal support built in, and you can self-host your own collection as you build it up. Then when you’re done with tidal, you don’t have to learn or download a new app.

[–] Sunny@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Plex is also on the route of enshittitfication. Jellyfin is the better recommendation imo. A variety of apps that can connect to it too, for either streaming or music.

For music libraries:

Finamp: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.unicornsonlsd.finamp/
Fintunes: https://f-droid.org/packages/nl.moeilijkedingen.jellyfinaudioplayer/

[–] PixelAlchemist@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I run both side-by-side, but for me Plex is still the clear winner right now for features and polish.

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