More Shit Talk From Spotify

Well, this from MBW back in January:

Spotify is raising prices for Premium subscribers in the United States, Estonia, and Latvia.

The streaming giant is notifying users this month that monthly subscription costs will increase starting in February 2026.

In the US, the monthly subscription cost for an individual Premium plan will rise from $11.99 to $12.99.

The price adjustment comes roughly 18 months after Spotify's previous US price hike in July 2024, when the Premium tier increased from $10.99 to $11.99.

In communications sent to subscribers, Spotify framed the increase as necessary "to keep delivering a great experience" and enabling the company "to continue offering the best possible experience and benefit artists."

The move follows a pattern of international price increases that Spotify has implemented across multiple markets over the past year, including the UK, Switzerland and Australia, and various markets across Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific.

The company has consistently signaled that regular pricing adjustments would become an ongoing strategic priority as it pursues sustained profitability.

In other words, Daniel Ek and the rest of the shareholders want more money so that he can serve up more AI slop. And the sheeple that are subscribers are too lazy to find another streaming platform.

Of course you’re not going to be able to carry your playlists over to a new platform, because the services that tout that are, as usual, more talk than action. I tried to convert my playlists over to a new service and 3/4 of the playlists were either blank after the migration or only had a small fraction of songs carried over. But I looked at it as an opportunity to start anew. Most people‘s playlists are full of cruft they’re too lazy to weed out.