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- Last year, Spatif introduced access to audiobox and raised prices of premium projects.
- Although there was still only one basic option of music, these senators do not think that consumers were properly informed.
- He also accuses Spotifs of accusing the entire change of articles so that his payment will be reduced to the musicians.
Their prices hike services are as inevitable as death and tax, and year by year, we gradually pay more to this access. Although we can’t like it, at least these prices collision are usually a straightforward matter. But last year, Spatif began to charge users as much as it felt especially timid. Now it turns out that a couple of US senators are not forgotten about the mess, and are requesting the FTC to step into it.
It used to be that the price of the Premium Plan costs subscribers about $ 11 a month. But last year, Spatif introduced audio boxes, and used this opportunity to justify its plans and prices. The company has increased its premium plan $ 1 to $ 12, and you will have access to audiobox streams for 15 hours a month.
If you don’t care about audio boxes, and pay spots why you just want music? This shows that Spatif quietly introduced a new basic plan that maintained the old $ 11 prices and did not include access to audiobox, but you would have to change your account manually – if you didn’t pay attention to what’s happening, you would finish the new $ 12 project. And with frustration, this is just an option for existing users, and audio boxes in the new signups are forced to, as if it or not.
So where do a couple senators come? Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Ben Ray Logan of New Mexico have written a letter to FTC Andrew Ferguson, asking the agency to look at what Spatif did (through Via. Takkarch) The message claims that users were not properly informed about changes and the options available to them.
In an interesting point, Senators accuse Spatif that this change has to take advantage of this change not only to increase the tax from consumers, but also to play the right of musicians because of royalty.
Apparently with access to audiobox, premium -sized bundling, relatively expensive $ 10/month audiobox only allows Spatif to pay less rate on music royalty, with most users still on music projects. Although this is a particularly blatant interpretation, it is also a surprising business -related acquaintance, and we will be very interested in hearing what the FTC says about this theory.
Have you made a switch on the basic or kept the spotifies a premium and enjoyed access to audiobox? Let us tell us in the comment.
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