![]() Spotify is hoping that the crackdown on family plans will urge subscribers to sign up for individual memberships. The move also overlooks certain scenarios of families living apart from one another, such as separated parents and students living in dorms for college. It remains unclear, however, how strict Spotify will be in enforcing the location data requirements, and if it will really cancel family plan accounts that are found to be in violation. Spotify, however, claimed that the location data that it will require will be encrypted, and will only be used for the purpose of verifying family plan subscriptions. watchdog group Privacy International told CNET that there may be worrying implications. The concerns about user privacy have also returned, and Christopher Weatherhead, technology lead for U.K. Spotify’s requirement for family plan members to provide location data is apparently back on, and its addition to the updated terms and conditions suggests that this is now permanent. The pilot program was abruptly ended due to privacy concerns. Last year, the music streaming service asked certain members to confirm their location by giving their GPS coordinates. This is not the first time that Spotify has tried to limit the number of people subscribing to its family plan. In Spotify’s descriptions for its premium plans, the Family plan is said to be “for families residing on the same address.” To enforce this, the music streaming service’s updated terms and conditions for the family plan, uploaded in August, state that Spotify will, from time to time, ask members to verify that they are all still living in the same house. Spotify, apparently, wants to stop that from happening. It is not a secret that some friends form groups to avail themselves of the family plan’s cheaper cost. The family plan is equivalent to $2.50 per member, which is much cheaper compared to an individual subscription for $10 per month. The Spotify Premium Family Plan, which goes for $15 per month, allows up to six accounts to enjoy the perks of premium membership, including ad-free listening and on-demand playback. Spotify will require family plan members to prove that they are all living at the same address, in a revived initiative to prevent abuse of the subscription option. Similar pricing exists for US and European users with reduced local pricing in certain regions. ![]() ![]() Spotify Premium Family plan costs £14.99/month compared to an Individual subscription costing £9.99/month. Spotify Premium Family provides six individual Spotify Premium accounts for family members living under one roof, meaning you’ll keep your own saved music and playlists.Įxisting Premium Family users will be notified as soon as the upgraded Family plan is available in your locale. Family Mix is updated regularly and you can control who is in each session to optimize your family’s favourite shared listening moments.īilling users can now manage their Family’s settings in one place, including adding or removing family members, keeping your home address up to date, and adjusting your parental controls. ![]() Spotify Premium Family Plan featuresįamilies will get exclusive access to a personalized playlist packed with songs the whole family enjoys. Parents will now be able to control the Explicit Content Filter setting of all other accounts on their plan (these parental controls are a long-requested feature). The upgraded plan gives subscribers on-demand access to 450,000 podcast titles and 50 million tracks of ad-free music. Spotify Family Plan adds parental controls as part of an upgrade to its Spotify Premium Family subscription which is available in Ireland now and will roll out globally in autumn 2019. ![]()
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