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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.

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[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

There are literally two albums that I love that I can't find on Bandcamp or piracy, but they are literally the only thing keeping my Spotify subscription alive right now.

I think I'm just going to have to stream them into my DAW and do a poor man's rip, then cancel this shit ass.

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Check if they're on Tidal, Deezer or Qobuz, then your problem is solved

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks! I wrote off Tidal as an also-ran like a decade ago and haven't heard of the others so these were not on my radar at all. I will check them out. I didn't even know Tidal was still a thing!

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[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

shirt-dev/zspotify will do fine actually downloading the audio.

Edit: The original repository got nuked and this seems to be a fork. Proceed at your own discretion (I used the original repo and a dummy account)

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[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

It's time to move away. Anyone know how to download the metadata of a playlist? That's the only thing keeping me subbed.

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