Spotify customers are CANCELLING their accounts because the music streaming app will increase its costs by £1/month – with one venting ‘I am going again to Apple Music!’

With over 500 million customers, Spotify is unquestionably some of the fashionable music streaming apps around the globe. 

However customers are livid, following the information that Spotify is hiking its prices in each the UK and the US. 

Its premium, duo, and household plans have all elevated by £1/month, which means some customers at the moment are paying a whopping £17.99/month for his or her subscription. 

Whereas Spotify claims the value hike will permit it to ‘hold innovating’, many customers have slammed the change as ‘grasping’. 

Some are so livid they’re even cancelling their accounts, with one tweeting: ‘I am going again to Apple Music.’

With over 500 million customers, Spotify is unquestionably some of the fashionable music streaming apps around the globe. However customers are livid, following the information that Spotify is mountain climbing its costs in each the UK and the US

Some are so livid they’re even cancelling their accounts, with one tweeting: ‘I am going again to Apple Music’

Spotify introduced the modifications on Monday in a blog post, and mentioned it might be notifying clients concerning the worth improve by way of electronic mail.

‘The market panorama has continued to evolve since we launched,’ Spotify defined. 

‘In order that we will hold innovating, we’re altering our Premium costs throughout a lot of markets around the globe. 

‘These updates will assist us proceed to ship worth to followers and artists on our platform.’

Spotify’s UK premium plan has risen from £9.99/month to £10.99 monthly, whereas its duo subscription and household plans – which embody six customers – additionally elevated by £1 every, now costing customers £14.99 and £17.99, respectively.

The one plan that seems unaffected by the hike is the scholar subscription which has remained at £5.99 monthly. 

The charges within the US mirrored an analogous improve with the household plan now costing $17 monthly as a substitute of $16.

The duo plan shot from $13 to $15 and the scholar subscription fee remained unchanged.

A number of customers have taken to Twitter, with many calling Spotify ‘grasping’. Others have revealed that they are cancelling their accounts following the value improve

A number of customers have taken to Twitter, with many calling Spotify ‘grasping’. 

‘Do the Spotify worth will increase imply they will pay artists extra? Doubt it. Extra like grasping execs need extra money of their pockets,’ one person wrote. 

One other added: ‘spotify are simply pure grasping placing the value of single account to £11.’ 

In the meantime, others have revealed that they are cancelling their accounts following the value improve. 

‘After 14 years, I do not love you sufficient to pay an extra $2/mo #ByeFelicia,’ one person tweeted. 

And one vented: ‘I obtained premium a pair months in the past. Simply obtained an electronic mail concerning the worth improve. It is solely $1 extra, however their justification makes me wish to cancel. I do not care about innovation and options. I would like artists to be paid.’

If you wish to cancel your Premium plan, merely log into spotify.com/account.

Beneath Your plan, click on CHANGE PLAN, then scroll to Cancel Spotify and click on CANCEL PREMIUM.

‘Your Premium stays till your subsequent billing date, then your account switches to free,’ Spotify defined. 

‘You retain your playlists and saved music when your account is free. You may also nonetheless log in and play with adverts.’

WHAT IS SPOTIFY?

Spotify is a music, video and podcast streaming service based on April 23, 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Spotify permits customers to create and customise their very own playlists and browse content material utilizing parameters such style, artist and album searches. 

It compensates artists by paying them royalties primarily based on the variety of their streams proportional to the variety of complete songs streamed total.

The corporate was based by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon and formally launched on October 7, 2008. 

Spotify is a music, video and podcast streaming service based on April 23, 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden. Spotify permits customers to create and customise their very own playlists and browse content material utilizing parameters such style, artist and album searches

It operates utilizing a ‘freemium’ service mannequin, which means that its primary options are free with some restrictions and commercials whereas further providers can be found by way of paid subscription.

The service is out there in most of North and South America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and a few elements of Asia. 

It’s obtainable on macOS, Home windows and Linux computer systems in addition to on Android, iOS and Home windows smartphones and pill computer systems.

Spotify presently has roughly 159 million customers, 71 million of whom use paid subscription providers. 

Its revenue for fiscal 12 months 2017 is believed to be about $4.99 billion (£3.63bn).