On mobile, as the most prominent example, you’re only able to skip six tracks an hour with a free Spotify account. Users of Spotify’s free model can expect ads every 15 minutes or so.īut there are also some differences between free and paid Spotify accounts when it comes to the functionality of the service too. Rather than make every user ever pay, they simply break up your listening experience with paid advertisements.Ī Spotify Premium account is not subject to advertisements. After all, Spotify still needs to make money. So, why pay for a Spotify premium account? Because a Spotify free account is subject to an unholy amount of advertisements. With a free Spotify plan, you can access all content on the platform that Spotify premium users can access just by signing up with an email address and password. Spotify’s free model makes Spotify readily available to anyone and everyone. Spotify has more users than Pandora, Apple Music, YouTube Music & Amazon Music. However, even as Spotify tries to pad its paid user numbers, it's clear that the people who use the service stand to benefit.Spotify is the world’s most popular music streaming service. Yes, this is a tactic to drive new subscriptions, and it will also probably reassure any current customers who were thinking about cancelling. Unfortunately, you'll have to be in the US to take advantage, but the Spotify says the pricing is permanent, so long as you sign up before the offer expires in June. Sure, access to Hulu with ads isn't quite as attractive as ad-free TV streaming, but Spotify is still saving you $5.99/month or around $72 a year. "As we push towards making Spotify Premium a gateway to a bigger world of entertainment, we're fully committed to finding new ways to enhance the overall experience for our Premium users and this is just the beginning." "Today is the first time that we're offering a Hulu plan to the masses as part of their $9.99 Spotify Premium subscription," Spotify's Global Head of Premium Business Development Marc Hazan explained.
Spotify also offers Hulu (with ads) and Showtime for student Premium subscribers at $4.99 monthly. The offer begins today and will run through June 10th or "while supplies last." If you already committed to Spotify Premium with Hulu's ad-supported tier for $12.99 a month, you'll be automatically switched over to this new $9.99 deal. For a limited time, Spotify will offer that Hulu plan for free with a $9.99 Premium subscription.
After bundling Hulu's ad-supported plan with Spotify Premium for an extra $3 per month, the streaming giant is going a step further.
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