WARNING: All That Free Spotify Music You’ve Been Enjoying Is Going To End Soon.

 

Spotify made its big U.S. debut on July 14, 2011.

In one week, we’ll be marking the streaming music service’s six-month anniversary. And in one week, all those users who signed up for the free all you can eat desktop music that day will find out that they’re going to be limited to just 10 hours per month now. You’re also only allowed to play individual tracks no more than five times per month.

(Some of users have already received notices from Spotify that the party’s over.)

That’s because Spotify’s unlimited music on your desktop feature, which is ad-supported, is only a limited time offer.

After your six month period is up, Spotify will hold you to 10 hours of streaming per month with hopes that you’ll sign up for one of its paid plans.

Those paid plans cost $4.99 per month for ad-free desktop streaming and $9.99 for access to the mobile app. Now the question is: Will Spotify users start paying up once the party’s over?

Contributor: Steve Kovach .

Via Businessinsider.com

Spotify is a Swedish-founded, UK-headquartered DRM-based music streaming service offering streaming of selected music from a range of major and independent record labels, including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and Universal.^[2][3] Launched in October 2008 by Swedishstartup Spotify AB, the service had approximately ten million users as of 15 September 2010;^[4] about 2.5 million of whom were paying members.^[5][6] The service is, as of November 2011, available in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, the Netherlands,Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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