Spotify Removing Some Features for Free Users in India
Oct. 11, 2023In a move to persuade people to buy the Premium plan, Spotify, the popular music streaming service, is now removing some features for free users that were otherwise available for all. This change has started rolling out in India. Here are the details to know.
Spotify Free Users Won’t Get These Features Anymore
It is revealed that those using Spotify for free won’t be able to get functionalities likerepeating songs, rewinding to a specific portion of a song, or going to previous songs. There also won’t be the ability to customize the playlist orders.
Free users won’t also get to shuffle songs. Instead, there will now be theSmart Shuffle feature(by default) for people to get song recommendations based on their song choices and music streaming habits.
It is said that these changes are now live on the Spotify app. Spotify is also sendingin-app updatesto users to notify them of the change. Putting certain features behind a paid plan to attract more subscribers is a move many follow but Spotify’s decision could attract backlash given that these are pretty basic features one can get on any music streaming platform. This could also result in people switching to other apps like YouTube Music.
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