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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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People being so cheap and refusing to pay 5-15$/mo for unlimited music streaming. What a weird reality we're living in ๐
Some may not have the money for such expenses.
Some may have ethical issues regarding how the CEO invests his profits into military companies. And Spotify makes less money with ads than with the subscription fee.
Some don't want to pay for ad-free Spotify, since the subscription fee is much higher than what they make with ads. They don't see the price as justified.
Some prefer other ways to listen to music, since they have an issue how a plethora of artists don't really benefit from Spotify and are rather exploited. (Okay, those listeners are probably not meant here anyway as they are not affected.)
Some have a problem with such subscription services, especially if you do not own a copy of the music and there is a risk of the music, they like to listen to, being removed from Spotify's library.
Some especially don't want to pay for Spotify if they removed a feature, miss a feature or moved a feature behind the subscription, if that feature was previously available or should be available, because there are some things which are taken for granted or are usually expected and they protest against a business model of "creating value by taking something away".
Some may be cheap, yes.
But surely not all of them. There can be many reasons and it's usually a good idea not to shove all people of group X into a single drawer and judge them in such an inconsiderate way.
Not buying the argument that people don't have 5 usd to spare. People are just being cheap. Either pirate or pay for a service, asking for a free service is plain silly.
If you have ethical concerns then don't use Spotify at all.
?????
It's one thing to liberate IP and another to use someone's service.
Spotify has patents on underestimating your emotional state based on the music you listen to. One can guess they sell such data. A hard pass for me.
Self-hosting Jellifyn/Navidrome has been really fun (but I'm aware it is not something everybody wants/can do).
No, people are upset about the lyrics being removed. And why pay 5 or more bucks a month for lyrics when you can have a page on your favorite browser displaying the lyrics for free?
I prefer that anyways, and this is coming from someone who does the premium family plan.
Why not just listen to the music for free on YouTube too? Because it's a music streaming service, and idk why you think you should be getting things more for free.
I pay for a Spotify family plan and my mom, sister, cousin, and I all use it daily. It's worth it imo.