Now, Spotify is renewing its efforts to prevent abuse of its family plan by requiring that users occasionally provide access to their location data. Many indie labels use "Family" accounts to maintain multiple public playlists.Spotify has attempted to curb abuse of its family plan in the past, and faced backlash for doing so.
Others suggest that Spotify will keep the accounts active if at least two of the users are at the same address. Many modern families do not live at the same address, some Spotify users complain. Billboard reports that almost half of global streaming subscribers use of family plans across all services. That practice has cost Spotify and thus artists and labels significant revenue. Please #familybybloodbutnotbylocationĪccording to Spotify's Premium for Family Terms And Conditions, "all account holders must reside at the same address to be eligible for the Premium for Family Plan." But many Family subscriptions have reportedly been used by groups of friends. and allow the subscriber and and up to 5 others to to each have a Spotify Premium account.ĭear a user of the Family-subscription and can’t understand why you want to track the location via GPS? Some families don’t live together, but they still are family. Premium for Family cost $14.99 a month in the U.S. “If you don’t confirm, you may lose access to the plan,” the email stated. Spotify has been sending emails to many of its Premium for Family subscribers in the US requiring them to confirm their home address through GPS data. Will you cancel my account if my family gets too far from each other? #wtf #fail /HauQtHXSUA Why do you need my GPS location to continue offering me a "Premium discount"? I pay for the family plan and it should not matter where my family lives.
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