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Spotify is about to cost more with a price increase planned for next week (9to5mac.com)
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According to the report, Spotify will raise its standard subscription rate by $1 next week, bringing the monthly cost from $9.99 to $10.99.

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[–] 14 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Pretty much inevitable I've been amazed they went this long. $10 just does not seem sustainable.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Im fairly sure they manage because they have so many subscriptions from people that barely use it.

    They basically pay out per song played - and server costs are also largely dependent on active users. So they balance out a very active person that might incur 15$ in cost with 5 inactive people that incur not even a dollar.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Then there are people like me who do use Spotify a lot, but I'm mostly listening to the same stuff most of the time. Unless I'm trying to find new things or listen to a podcast, it's most likely all cached on my device.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Well, they pay artists 0.03¢ every 1000 play or something...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    I guess I don't really know exactly how their model works, but I'm guessing that is only for independent artists. I bet they paid big bucks to the major record labels.

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