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Spotify has raised prices for the second time in a year, with no new benefits, after its CEO sparked outrage by claiming the cost of creating 'content' is 'close to zero' (www.techradar.com)

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[–] Suavevillain 22 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I hope people just switch to something else or start self-hosting their own music.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

AOL profited for over a decade on people who signed up for the service and simply lost track of it, paying month after month for something they'd forgotten they even had.

Crazy that these services can just raise premiums whenever they please without even reaffirming that the customer still wants the service. I guarantee that if you needed to re-verify your account on a price increase, firms with big client pools would never raise their rates again.

[–] chiliedogg 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

And now when you card expires, they just change the expiration date on your existing number a few times until it works to keep the subscription going, and that's somehow legal.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Does the CVV number on credit cards not change when they're renewed in the USA? Or can companies still somehow charge cards without an up-to-date CVV?

[–] dandu3 3 points 5 months ago

They sometimes have an agreement to update the card after expiry

[–] Crashumbc 4 points 5 months ago

Gyms exist solely because of people like that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Plexamp is better than any other music app I've tried.

[–] PrettyLights 5 points 5 months ago

Finamp for anyone using Jellyfin https://github.com/jmshrv/finamp

[–] Suavevillain 3 points 5 months ago

Plexamp I've only gave subsonic a try. But I'll look into Plexamp.

[–] olympicyes 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

iTunes Match is $25/year if you have an iPhone.

[–] exanime 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh so only $100+ a year*

[–] olympicyes 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How does $25 become $100+

[–] exanime 0 points 5 months ago

you need to buy a very expensive phone to "enjoy" the sale