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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks | TechCrunch

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Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks | TechCrunch

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

On Monday, the company announced that free users globally will now be able to search and play any song they want or play a song shared by a friend or an artist they follow on social media.

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Spotify being nice? Absolutely not. There certainly is a hidden agenda behind this.
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  Probably ads. It’s always ads.
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    I don’t mind ads, probably because I never see them. :)
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  My theory is, since they’re releasing lossless audio for premium users, they had to make the free version more appealing to the casual user.

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