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Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall.
(techcrunch.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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Who suggested they couldn't? Having the right to do something doesn't mean no one else can voice their displeasure.
It has nothing to do with "deserve". Shitty businesses practices are worth calling out. Especially because this has nothing to do with supporting Spotify and everything to do with enriching stockholders. It's a sign of desperation: they can't make their product better to entice new customers, so they're making their free product worse. It's trashy and greedy.
But please, go on expending your energy defending a corporation from valid criticism.
I agree, but this isn't one of those cases. Netflix, Disney, and Amazon adding ads to their paid products is worth calling out. Microsoft adding ads to their paid OS is worth calling out. Roku changing the rules and forcing people to agree to arbitration after purchase of a TV is worth calling out.
But Spotify putting lyrics behind their paid service isn't like that at all. You can easily get lyrics with an Internet search, it's a non-issue. Either pay or look it up yourself.
So I agree with the person you're responding to, it's not worthwhile criticism. I have no problem with corporations making money, I have a problem with corporations abusing their position to screw over customers, and Spotify has been remarkably well-behaved.
Right, I used their free tier for so long that I even started enjoying the lack of control I had. Like, music would just play for me. I bought the subscription because I really wanted to give them the money. I recall their ads even being only about Spotify premium, so I wouldn't get random shit like YouTube ads.