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I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers...

https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

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[–] phillycodehound@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

What pisses me off is that I can't have a family plaln associated with my main Google Workspace account. Because it's a Workspace account. So if I want to have a family plan for YouTube Music I need to have it associated with a gmail account not my workspace account. That's such bullshit, if you ask me!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

They have prices? People are paying? 🤔🏴‍☠️🦜

[–] Keyboard@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I will cancel it

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've had a grudge against Spotify waaaayyyy back when it first launched as an app on the computer.

For some reason, the Spotify app on my Mac wasted a ton of resources and battery. And it made me so mad I've never used them since.

Then years later they made dumbass Joe Rogan the face of the company so fuck all that.

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[–] RevolverSly@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

And yet, despite the subscription price or its raise, Spotify still insists on forcing promoted content on your homepage.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

gotta give even more money to joe fuckhead - bet absolutely none of this will improve artist payouts..

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Bandcamp is not banned in the UK yet. But i think the government has strong intelligence that they are a terrorist organisation.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

~~Well, it's owned by friggin' Epic, now... so they're not that far off with their Intel.~~

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They sold it to Songtradr in 2023, there were "layoffs", a lot of the employees involved with unionisation while Epic controlled the company were fired (in the wiki page toward the end of the history section).

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Wow, that trade went by very quietly. Glad they're out from Epic at least i guess... scummy as hell behavior from Songtradr...

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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I use Bandcamp when I want to buy and YouTube with ad blocker for streaming.

[–] bnak@ani.social 4 points 3 days ago

Music costs??

[–] vane@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Military defence is expensive

[–] JokeDeity@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I can't even imagine paying for it to begin with.

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 7 points 4 days ago

I bought one of those $5 for the entire year accounts off some shady website.

It lasted for 5 years.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

No biggie. I never had subscriptions. I always thought it was a waste of money.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I switched to Tidal when I realised their stream quality was, at the minimum, double Spotify, and cheaper. Then all the controversial shit about Spotty came out and I was just shaking my head disapprovingly from Tidal's porch

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