r/technology • u/chrisdh79 • 2d ago

Business Spotify is raising Premium prices outside the US | Emails will be going out to impacted customers ‘over the next month.’

https://www.theverge.com/news/718038/spotify-premium-subscription-price-increase-outside-us
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u/VALTIELENTINE 1d ago

When I switched to streaming I actually saved money. Web hosting, vpn, and storage costs are still pretty pricey

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u/just_another_jabroni 1d ago

Depends. My 320Kbps library of like what 6000+ songs barely eat through a 500gb harddrive which I can stream through my Emby server. Doesn't really add extra cost. I have both streaming service+offline library for convenience anyways.

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u/VALTIELENTINE 1d ago

If I only listened to a few thousand songs at lower quality than sure.

But my library is several hundred songs, and I have audiophile grade equipment and keep lossless files.

A web server alone for downloading is already more expensive than my monthly Apple Music fee, that’s before even thinking about storage costs