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TL;DR
- Spotify has raised the costs of its plans but once more, the second time inside a yr.
- Spotify Premium within the US will now price $11.99 a month as an alternative of $10.99; Spotify Duo will price $16.99 a month as an alternative of $14.99; whereas Spotify Household will now price $19.99 a month as an alternative of $16.99.
- No new advantages are coming with this value enhance.
It hasn’t been lengthy since Spotify elevated its Premium costs within the US. The platform elevated its costs in July 2023 (albeit for the primary time in over a decade), and now it has elevated them once more, clocking a second enhance inside a yr.
As introduced by Spotify, the corporate is rising the costs of Spotify Premium for Particular person, Duo, and Household plans. Spotify Premium within the US will now price $11.99 a month as an alternative of $10.99; Spotify Duo will price $16.99 a month as an alternative of $14.99; whereas Spotify Household will now price $19.99 a month as an alternative of $16.99.
New subscribers within the US will obtain the elevated costs immediately, and current subscribers within the US will obtain an e-mail over the subsequent month explaining the brand new costs.
What do you get for the elevated costs? For now, nothing. There are not any new advantages related to this value enhance. Spotify mentions that it often updates its costs in order that it may “proceed to spend money on and innovate on our product options and convey customers the very best expertise.”
Spotify lately introduced a value enhance for a number of worldwide markets, so the worth enhance within the US was virtually anticipated. Nonetheless, it’s nonetheless shocking when it truly occurs, because it modifications the service’s worth quotient, particularly in comparison with opponents like YouTube Music.
In the meantime, don’t maintain your breath for those who had been ready for lossless audio to reach on Spotify beneath the Spotify Hello-Fi or different branding. That function has been noticed within the works lately however has nonetheless not gone stay, years after being introduced. If Spotify comes round to releasing it someday quickly, it should doubtless come by an excellent higher-priced subscription tier.
Customers have additionally been sad about Spotify’s choice to brick the Spotify Automotive Factor. Public outcry over the choice compelled the corporate to difficulty refunds for the discontinued product within the type of subscription credit.
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