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Spotify to raise prices in September (lemmy.relayeasy.com)

submitted 2 months ago by 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...

https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

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[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Ditched Spotify and bought myself a galleon and a tricorner hat instead. Haven't looked back.

Lidarr + Navidrome + Feishin + Metube

Mullvad for acquiring, TailScale and Symfonium for listening while away from home

This sounds like a lot of setup but probably took a few hours in total to set up the various docker images and get them working together.

I spend my saved money on vinyls, official merch, and SoundCloud or BandCamp purchases for my local library.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

They have prices? People are paying? 🤔🏴‍☠️🦜

[–] phillycodehound@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

What pisses me off is that I can't have a family plaln associated with my main Google Workspace account. Because it's a Workspace account. So if I want to have a family plan for YouTube Music I need to have it associated with a gmail account not my workspace account. That's such bullshit, if you ask me!

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bandcamp is not banned in the UK yet. But i think the government has strong intelligence that they are a terrorist organisation.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

~~Well, it's owned by friggin' Epic, now... so they're not that far off with their Intel.~~

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[–] Keyboard@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I will cancel it

[–] vane@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Military defence is expensive

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've had a grudge against Spotify waaaayyyy back when it first launched as an app on the computer.

For some reason, the Spotify app on my Mac wasted a ton of resources and battery. And it made me so mad I've never used them since.

Then years later they made dumbass Joe Rogan the face of the company so fuck all that.

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

And yet, despite the subscription price or its raise, Spotify still insists on forcing promoted content on your homepage.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

gotta give even more money to joe fuckhead - bet absolutely none of this will improve artist payouts..

[–] JokeDeity@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't even imagine paying for it to begin with.

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 7 points 2 months ago

I bought one of those $5 for the entire year accounts off some shady website.

It lasted for 5 years.

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