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Spotify Increasing Subscription Prices in the US Again
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All of that is true, but you can still make music videos in iMovie with a song you bought, or edit it for fun, or burn a mix to a CD and give it to your friend or put in your car, or put on any computer you own... All very useful things you don't get when you pay a subscription to stream it and not own anything from that.
As long as people want to keep up with subscription, kudos to spotify.
Want cheaper or no subscription? stop using the ones you feel are too high.
I did that, ripped my music and buy the cd i like, they won't get mor3e moey from me, once io paid for the CD it's mine forever (yes as it is ripped as mp3 as well so forever)
Want cheaper or no subscription? stop using the ones you feel are too high.
I did that, ripped my music and buy the cd i like, they won't get mor3e moey from me, once io paid for the CD it's mine forever (yes as it is ripped as mp3 as well so forever)
This is a silly argument not to use a service...
Couldn’t agree more. Music subscriptions are a severely underpriced product. Essentially the cost of one CD getting you access to 100 Million songs for 30 days is insane. But, it’s hard to advocate for it because the labels (who offer the least value in this 3 party situation) just suck up the extra revenue
I only sub to Apple Music but for me personally the price would need to creep near $20 for me to cancel. I listen to a lot of music and buying 1-2 albums a month would exceed my subscription cost, where I usually add 6-10 (on top of everything else I've added). The value is still there for me currently in a way it's not for other services.
Spotify only likes to complain about Apple, but when it comes to delivering it's whole other story.
Why would I move away from something that I enjoy to something I don't so I can save $1 a month? Maybe you missed the GUI part of my comment..
The only issue I have with spotify is sometimes it wont sync right away across devices, so if I go from my pc to phone, my most recently added "liked" songs wont be there right away
Not to mention you're not dependent on an internet connection to listen to music. I'm sure some Verizon customers had to go without music for a little while recently.
10 years ago the World Economic Forum published “You’ll Own Nothing and You’ll Be Happy” as part of their “Welcome To 2030” outloook for the future.
2 days ago Apple joined all the rest of the Tech Overlords in becoming a Digital Rent Seeker. Yesterday Elon Musk announced that starting February 14 the only way you’ll get Full Self Driving capability in your Tesla is to pay an annual subscription fee. Now Spotify today…..
At least the WEF got one thing correct in their prediction for 2030…..and it ain’t “You’ll Be Happy”.
2 days ago Apple joined all the rest of the Tech Overlords in becoming a Digital Rent Seeker. Yesterday Elon Musk announced that starting February 14 the only way you’ll get Full Self Driving capability in your Tesla is to pay an annual subscription fee. Now Spotify today…..
At least the WEF got one thing correct in their prediction for 2030…..and it ain’t “You’ll Be Happy”.
I have about 3000 songs from my discs at ~320 kbps AAC and it's about 30 GB. Plenty of music on a 128 GB iPhone. Like you said no internet required and no monthly subscription.
I don’t use Spotify, but my son does. According to him, Spotify’s collaborative playlist feature sets it apart. People that are connected to each other can add and edit playlist. He and his friends use it on road trips. They all can add songs from their devices without sharing the same phone. I’m probably not explaining it well. But for example, I use Apple Music and my kids need my phone to change songs on road trips when I’m connected to CarPlay. If I used Spotify they could control the music from their devices.
It's only a matter of when Apple decides on a rate increase.
It’s as good as any now particularly since Apple has gone full Microsoft 365.
I bought my first ever MacBook Pro along with my first iPhone and AirPods all the same day in 2023. After the announcement of Apple becoming a Digital Rent Seeker for their free software that came with my Mac and iPhone and hobbling Photomator ( Warp Tool is now a subscription only feature ) I’m dusting off my Linux computer I put away after buying all of this Apple gear 2 years ago.
Apple just turned my Mac into a $1,500 Chromebook.
You left out the rest of my post…
Apple TV+
From $4.99 → $6.99 per month in October 2022.
From $6.99 → $9.99 per month in 2023.
From $9.99 → $12.99 per month in 2025.
Apple has no issues increasing prices “annually” too.
Ah, because that dumb thing you just posted was mandatory for all beings of the human race!Why are people surprised by this? We were told it would happen less than 2 months ago
Spotify to Raise US Subscription Prices Early Next Year
Spotify will raise subscription prices for users in the United States in the first quarter of next year, according to the Financial Times, citing sources familiar with the matter. The report links pressure from major record labels on both Spotify and Apple Music to raise subscription prices...www.macrumors.com
I get what you’re saying, but also to point out, all of those plans supported up to 6 accounts.
I have an Apple One account ~$27 a month. I share it with my sister, but she hardly uses it. This might push her off Spotify to Apple Music, which she already has access to through my family plan.
And another thing, Apple doesn’t care that we don’t live at the same address like some other services
