I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers…

https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

  • mycodesucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    2 days ago

    Look, I can’t expect your assessment of value proposition to align with mine - we are different people.

    But if I were a paying Spotify customer, and they gave $250 million dollars to pay someone I think is actively damaging the world, and then started charging me MORE to pay for it, there is ABSOLUTELY no amount of cost benefit and convenience that would keep me there.

    I will sit in a dark, silent room motivating on pure spite before I would accept such an indignity.

    • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      Like I said, fuck Joe Rogan, but every big Corp has been responsible for awful shit. At some point you have to live and you have to give in somewhere.

      This is coming from someone that self hosts and even I can’t be bothered to self host every fucking random ass song in existence.

      My value proposition is that my entire family doesn’t have to listen to ads and I don’t have to spend half my day tracking down songs.

      Again, my larger point is that spotify for all its bullshit still isn’t streaming video levels of utter bullshit.

      • mycodesucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Well, you’re right. Everyone has to draw their own line. I’ll agree with you this is probably less egregious than some, and I personally do make make purchases I shouldn’t from institutions I shouldn’t to get by.

        But I do every single one of those holding my nose and acknowledging I’m contributing to a problem.