Apple Music Student Plan Pricing Increases by 20% in US, UK, EU, Canada, and Other Countries [Updated]

[ryanmcv]

The student plan also includes Apple TV+ and I’m sure that was a factor in this price increase.

 

[sw1tcher]

Still a great deal. Wish I had all the money I spent on tapes and CD's when I was in school.

If you still have those tapes and CDs, you at least still have something that's tangible and can listen to them at any time.

You have nothing with Apple Music if you stop paying for the service.

 

[sw1tcher]

Yea that’s it Apple. Squeeze an extra dollar out of students who don’t have it. You really are the scum of the earth.

Would these be the same students I see at Starbucks buying $5+ beverages?

 

[jav6454]

If you still have those tapes and CDs, you at least still have something that's tangible and can listen to them at any time.

You have nothing with Apple Music if you stop paying for the service.

That's the reality with all music streaming services.

 

[ericwn]

Not if people have AppleOne plans. Why double pay for music?

good point, however most customers, especially in education scenarios, likely won’t be AppleOne subscribers either.

 

[jav6454]

good point, however most customers, especially in education scenarios, likely won’t be AppleOne subscribers either.

Agreed. I can still see it thou if the student comes from a Mac oriented environment.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

If they can afford to drink like fish, they can afford a dollar/pound more a month.

 

[GDF]

The student plan also includes Apple TV+ and I’m sure that was a factor in this price increase.

Which makes it still a great deal!

 

[Realityck]

And what is the reason for this 20% increase?

Probably licensing costs associated with providing a lot of music in Dolby Atmos format as well as lossless. I see Spotify mentioned a lot but didn't they indefinitely delay their Lossless Hifi audio? Apple Music started to raise prices in other countries earlier for students, so now we have reached what will happen in US, UK and Canada.

 

[uofawildcats96]

Apple Music has great features like shared playlists and profiles. In many ways, Apple Music better than Spotify for social discovery experiences. Apple Music sounds better, is more social, and is baked right into the overarching iOS/iPadOS/macOS/tvOS/watchOS experience.

You do realize that Spotify has shared playlists and profiles, as well as several other social features, right?

 

[Realityck]

The student plan also includes Apple TV+ and I’m sure that was a factor in this price increase.

I see it today saying:

Apple Music Student Plan with free Apple TV+​

Get a free trial of Apple Music, free access to Apple TV+, and a special student rate of $5.99/mo. for both after the trial ends.

So considering that it includes free Apple TV +, it's a heck of a deal compared to even the annual rates for both Music/TV+ services for single subscribers $148.99 USD in the states or at best monthly $12.41 USD.

 

[Macative]

Would these be the same students I see at Starbucks buying $5+ beverages?

Students? No. Those aren't students.

 

[Realityck]

Students? No. Those aren't students.

Well have a Starbucks just outside Stanford University housing, and they are most certainly students that I see seated usually when I drop by on occasion. So yeah they can afford $5 coffee.

 

[sw1tcher]

Students? No. Those aren't students.

Students. Wannabe Instagram/TikTok "influencers" posting about their custom Starbucks drinks.

Eh, same thing.

A photo of an extravagant Frappuccino's long list of modifications has gone viral amid a TikTok trend encouraging complex Starbucks orders

The drink featured 13 customizations and was captioned, "On today's episode of why I wanna quit my job."

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Appuccino, Please: How TikTok Is Permanently Changing Starbucks

Viral (and complicated!) custom drinks are the future of Starbucks, where iced drinks now outsell hot coffee.

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Starbucks' Off-Menu Rainbow-Colored Drinks Are Lighting Up Instagram

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All the viral TikTok drinks you should order at Starbucks - you won't be disappointed!

If you spend a lot of time on TikTok, then you've probably seen a lot of crazy Starbucks drinks come up on your For You page.

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[Jamesesesesess]

Music professor here. With very few exceptions, students are not listening on the kind of hardware that would allow for this distinction to be meaningful. Spotify’s 320kbps MP3s are fine.

Also, I will continue using Spotify to teach my courses because of the sharing and collaboration features.

Also, non-Apple using students would resent me asking them to buy Apple things, even though they can use the service without any Apple hardware.

The _one_ thing I can imagine moving me from Spotify for teaching would be something remarkable with music metadata in the rumored Apple Classical Music app/service (or whatever becomes of the Primephonic acquisition). Currently, metadata in both Spotify and Apple Music is hot garbage.

As one of your very few exceptions (I use a FiiO E17K, Denon AH-D600s, and Lightning to USB Camera Adapter), I currently use both services (and Qobuz).

I prefer Spotify.

Their equalizer produces notably better sound on my AirPods Pro and Bose SoundLink Revolve (the 'Late Night' preset on AM is alright, but not enough).

If Spotify offers hi-res, they would probably be my only subscription.

 

[arnette]

Students will understand that paying a tiny amount more for breathtaking quality is worth it.

Spotify is still using heavy lossy compressed music files.

WTF?

 

[tubular]

Pricing for the Apple Music Student Plan has increased in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

I don't mind, if it's actually going to the musicians.

 

[ericwn]

WTF?

Don’t worry, it’s just the reality distortion field that got self aware and is posting here occasionally.

 

[kiensoy]

I’m glad Apple changed how subscriptions can keep renewing automatically even after a price change, just in time for all these price increases. /s

 

[dumastudetto]

WTF?

Apple Music is now available (at no extra charge) in lossless formats. Plus if you have high quality headphones, you get spatial audio. The entire Spotify library is available at 320kbps (best case) lossy compressed format, and no spatial audio.

If you listen to the same track in Apple Music and Spotify, you should easily be able to spot all the detail that is missing in the lossy compressed Spotify version.

If you love music, you'll love Apple Music.

 

[svish]

Apple slowly increasing the prices. Hopefully the normal plans don't see a price hike in the near future.

 

[weckart]

lets see ...
5 Eur for Sun Flower oil

Surely not? Less than €2 per litre in the UK for supermarket own brands and we had Brexit on top to add to costs. Even overpriced fancy organic/first press/whatever isn't costing near that. Yet.

 

[contacos]

Surely not? Less than €2 per litre in the UK for supermarket own brands and we had Brexit on top to add to costs. Even overpriced fancy organic/first press/whatever isn't costing near that. Yet.

In Germany it is. In fact, you could not find it at any supermarket for months. I even bought an air fryer in the meantime to sort of compensate. It has gotten better again recently though

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Apple Music is now available (at no extra charge) in lossless formats. Plus if you have high quality headphones, you get spatial audio. The entire Spotify library is available at 320kbps (best case) lossy compressed format, and no spatial audio.

If you listen to the same track in Apple Music and Spotify, you should easily be able to spot all the detail that is missing in the lossy compressed Spotify version.

If you love music, you'll love Apple Music.

this sounds like an excerpt from an Apple keynote

 

[weckart]

Apple Music has great features like shared playlists and profiles. In many ways, Apple Music better than Spotify for social discovery experiences. Apple Music sounds better, is more social, and is baked right into the overarching iOS/iPadOS/macOS/tvOS/watchOS experience.

How does Apple Music sound better? Does it have Justin Bieber automatically on mute or what?