Spotify aumenta i prezzi degli abbonamenti nel Regno Unito per la seconda volta in un anno
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/spotify-hikes-uk-subscription-prices-5HjdFqr_2/
di tylerthe-theatre
Spotify aumenta i prezzi degli abbonamenti nel Regno Unito per la seconda volta in un anno
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/spotify-hikes-uk-subscription-prices-5HjdFqr_2/
di tylerthe-theatre
25 commenti
Still great value for what it is compared to most subscriptions
You can get Spotify cheaper by buying a gift card valid for a year’s subscription. These go for £120 and some sites offer 5-6% cashback on them too. So effectively £9.50 a month.
I’ve moved onto Apple Music (free 3 months) and it’s decent. The sound quality is much better imo but the UI, a little confusing.
They pay the artists so little I don’t feel guilty at all pirating Spotify and buying the albums.
I wish we’d make it so that subscriptions freeze when there is a price change, and only resume when the consumer explicitly agrees to the new price. With how much money subscription models bring in from people who’ve forgotten that they’re subscribed, companies would have to do the maths on whether a price increase is worth that lost revenue.
Also, fuck off with that “As we continue innovating and enhancing the value we deliver..” bullshit when the innovation is AI slop.
I suggest that people do a little research on which streaming platforms are better for artists…I should do some more too, tbf. Then there’s Bandcamp I guess if you want to buy. Venture off the mainstream path!
I set up an account with an Indian VPN and I paid like £25 for the year lol
Now I’m wondering if it’s worth cancelling Spotify and getting YouTube.
Update: Cancelled my Spotify
I think the people who wrote this need to have a check on dates. April 2024 ( the last rate hike ) was not less than a year ago.
So it hasn’t risen twice in a year like the headline claims.
Tidal is pretty good tbf, I did pay a one off fee on a different website to transfer my music but the first month was free so I girl mathed it
I’ve had Spotify since like 2010, this is the 3rd price increase in 15 years.
It’s new subs who have been shafted, I paid £9.99 a month for over a decade.
I moved to YouTube Premium and haven’t looked back to Spotify.
I specifically have the family plan where sharing with 5 people, if you split the cost, you effectively pay £4 pounds a month ontop of having add free youtube. Sure Spotify may be better, but it’s not worth paying the extra cost.
Big tech are turning the screws now. Competition has either been beaten into submission, or growth has stalled. Either way, the answer is to charge is more.
There is a lot more choice now. Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, etc
I use YouTube Music personally which comes with YouTube Premium. It’s obviously not as established as Spotify but for a music player with custom playlists it’s everything you need. Plus no ads on YouTube.
There are services that let you transfer your playlists between platforms now too, I think Apple even does it directly, so why not shop around a bit.
Switched to Apple Music which is much better (proper lossless, Dolby atmos, boiler room sets). Not looking back.
I thought AI was going to make everything cheaper, but it seems pointless if everything costs more and everybody loses their job.
The manner in which streaming companies are hiking their prices, its pushing me to think about cancelling and just moving back to downloading what i want to see/listen to instead, without the cost being inflated every year or twice in one year with Spotify….its getting out of hand !
And unless the artist is Taylor Swift then no one is really benefiting from it at all.
Bandcamp is amazing for supporting the artist, and there is one day a year where they get 100% of the income. Plus you get to keep it.
I also regularly raid Discogs for older CD releases, ingest that onto my PC which automatically uploads to my NAS drive and using their free streaming app, I have access to all my music, all the time, anywhere.
I discover new music through festivals, live gigs, and YouTube recommendations.
None of this requires me a monthly sub and I get to support the artist, even indirectly through discogs
Not trying to be a purist or preach – you do you. But if your favourite genre is prog-death-melo-power-symphonic-polka music then I really would suggest ditching streaming to protect what you love.
Here’s a tip. Get a sub using a card that you don’t need to use again (for me it’s a revolut account I no longer use and is always empty). Then when the payment fails you’ll keep getting pop ups when you open Spotify saying premium has failed, but still get no ads and can shuffle etc.
Had this set up for about six months now!
Family plan with friends method stays unbeaten, I pay like 3 quid a month
wow, 264 notes a year for the family plan, my last payment was £17.99 a month, jumping to £21.99 is mad, time to review..
Leave them.
Plenty of better and more ethical alternatives.
Anyone used SoundCloud Go+ or Qobuz? Heard good things but how do they compare to Spotify? I’m totally ready to move from their BS.
The crazy part is you subscribe and still get adverts.
Well, this vindicates my decision not to sign up to Spotify!!