Comment on Spotify re-invented the radio

• magamus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The amount of different genres I listen to means that the cost of the subscription is nowhere near what I would have to pay if I had to buy it.

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• smeg@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m sure you love paying the same price to rent your music, the same price as just buying it, but that’s not what the conversation is about

  It’s also complete bollocks. Family plan is £3 a month, let’s say an album costs £10. So in a year I could listen to basically all music for £36, or buy 3.6 albums. Maybe if I live to be a billion then it’ll cost the same price to buy the music rather than renting it, but for us mortals the subscription service is the better deal. It’s fine to not like people shilling for a profit-seeking company, but don’t make up nonsense to try and prove it’s not a good deal.

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  • optissima@possumpat.io ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Spotify Family plan is increasing by two euros, to £16.99 ($20.52).

    This is as of 2021, where are you getting that it’s £3 a month? That’s £203.88 a year.

    Where are you buying your albums? How is it that they’re all new releases, are you not recognizing that most of your music is not a release? How often do you listen to a full, new album? You likely don’t listen to more than 20 new songs a month anyways, unless you’re discovering a new genre. However, again, that’s not what this post is about, it’s about lowering the quality of the free features.

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    • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A family plan is shared between 6 accounts, I pay 1/6 of the cost. I probably listen to hundreds of new songs every month.

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