Spotify announces price hikes less than a year after its last ones.

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.

  • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
    51·
    7 months ago

    £2 a month for a HiFi subscription if you use a Nigerian VPN.

    • yeehaw@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      So if you use a VPN to sign up, then disconnect the VPN, does it block you? Or do you always need to be on VPN?

      • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        You don’t need to be connected on the VPN to use it, I find it identical to my previous UK subscription.

        Only difference is that your initial recommendations are for Nigerian music 😆 Those disappear quite quickly after you start listening to music you like tho.