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Spotify is raising the cost of Premium subscriptions, again (www.engadget.com)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Bookmarking this page so I can learn modern sailing techniques. Audiophiles who sail the seven seas, please teach me your ways! My most hasn't hit the surf in a hot minute.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Deemix-gui + Deezer subscription or SoulSeek/Nicotine+

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

In theory you can go Deezer method without owning subscription. Plenty of publicly available ARL cookies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I use the former. How does it compare to the other two?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Soulseek can have extremely high res audio files such as .dsd, .ape, 384khz .flac, etc.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

just PUT some magnets IntO a service

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

As an audiophile it's like, way less exhausting to just go with Tidal, over pirating good quality music. Especially if you're like me and listen to nearly anything and everything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but enshittification will happen there too. It's just a matter of time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Fingers crossed for Tidal, since its made by a bunch of musicians, I think Jay Z is the big one. They actually pay the artists a decent amount, and lowered MOST everyone's price and upgraded the their quality, so taking a big hit of hopium they're good enough to not go to shit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Xmanager if on Android.