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Spotify cuts free music allowance in half
Richard Hopping
The online music service Spotify has announced a reduction in the amount of music non-payers can listen to
Look what you'e done now, Spotify
Published on Apr 15, 2011
Spotify has declared users without a paying subscription will be limited to 10 hours of free music each month. This is down by 50% from the 20 hours it was previously.
On top of this, the number of times you can listen to the same song is limited to just five per month.
Spotify is one of the biggest online music streaming services in the world. Music labels signed up to the Swedish music moguls include Sony, EMI and Universal.
It has also recently been announced at MIX 11 that Spotify will be coming to Windows Phone later this year as part of Microsoft's mighty Mango update, alongside other apps like Angry Birds and Skype.
The changes will come into effect from the May 1 if you signed up on or before November 1. If you signed up later, then the change will come into effect 6 months from the date of joining.
Spotify seems to think that it won’t affect many users, coming up with some research to back up its point: “The average user won’t reach the limit on plays for 7 out of 10 tracks, after a year of using Spotify”.
Of course, it also tries to get you to sign up for Spotify Premium, although it tells us of a 30-day free trial coming in May so perhaps that may be an option to help extend your music listening pleasure for an extra month.
Winrumours managed to get a video of Spotify on Windows Phone 7:
