Spotify music only tier.

[Terry Webb]

Over the past few days, I spotted news reports of a mooted Spotify music only tier. Has anyone else seen this news story ?

 

[Revolutions]

That would be a godsend. Less crap to sort through. Selfish me wishes it would have none of the rubbish video content, too. I’ve literally only saved one show which isn’t on Apple Podcasts. And it’s a course, so there aren’t any more episodes coming.

 

[manicm]

Tidal has now one tier with the highest resolution. Don't know why anyone would want to pay for Spotify now.

 

[Revolutions]

Tidal has now one tier with the highest resolution. Don't know why anyone would want to pay for Spotify now.

Mostly so you can keep posting helpful replies like this, I guess.

 

[Terry Webb]

That would be a godsend. Less crap to sort through. Selfish me wishes it would have none of the rubbish video content, too. I’ve literally only saved one show which isn’t on Apple Podcasts. And it’s a course, so there aren’t any more episodes coming.

Yep, I agree. An only music tier with no podcasts or audiobooks would be great.

 

[Revolutions]

Yep, I agree. An only music tier with no podcasts or audiobooks would be great.

According to this it sounds like it’s audio or audiobooks. Both will be slightly more expensive than current subscription, so audio only might be cheaper?

A new ‘music-only’ subscription tier is coming to Spotify, confirms Daniel Ek… and 4 other things we learned on the company’s latest earnings call - Music Business Worldwide

Spotify is making good on its aim to become more than a music streaming service.

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Fingers cross that’s a step towards cd quality streaming becoming more of a priority if audio is a separate product. I doubt it though - they’ve probably already seen the majority of customers who will leave to lossless competitors. And it’s not going to be big numbers in the grand scheme.

As an aside, Tidal definitely is a great option. From trialling it out, the UX is basically copied from Spotify so I know I could get used to it, and presume I could transfer all my liked artists as well as albums & playlists.

The thing that stops me switching is the volume of music I share with friends as they all use Spotify. It’s already a pita to search Apple Music links for the 2 people who use that. Don’t fancy adding loads of effort when popping an album to my brother/friends/bandmates #truestory

 

[manicm]

Mostly so you can keep posting helpful replies like this, I guess.

Tidal now hardly costs any more than Spotify, and high res/MQA/Dolby Atmos is all available to you. For the music lover Spotify really has nothing going for it now.

 

[Revolutions]

Tidal now hardly costs any more than Spotify, and high res/MQA/Dolby Atmos is all available to you. For the music lover Spotify really has nothing going for it now.

Thanks for your opinion. Again,

Sorry for being curt. Hi-res music isn’t really a revelation for me. And don’t understand what you’re trying to achieve here.

 

[Witterings]

Thanks for your opinion. Again,

Sorry for being curt. Hi-res music isn’t really a revelation for me. And don’t understand what you’re trying to achieve here.

Afraid I'm actually with @manicm on this ..... I think Spotify have shot themselves in the foot from a music point of view.
Maybe it's a market they're not concerned about and see podcasts as their future ..... in which case the music side will become even more 2 tier to other providers over time.

 

[Rodolfo]

That could get me to go back, if it's finally HD and at a good price.

 

[Witterings]

That could get me to go back, if it's finally HD and at a good price.