Spotify’s family plan is designed for a family that is living at the same place, but according to the media there is a lot of abuse. Neighbors, families and friends fill out a single address to cheap music to listen to. A new type of control must be cheaters of the Spotify Family subscription.
Spotify family plan is cheaper
A Spotify subscription for one user costs $ 9.99 per month. A family plan allows up to six people listen to music for 14.99 euro per month, with the condition that those people live at the same address. That happens not always: there are lots of families, neighbors and friends that are a family subscription share to cheaper.
Spotify requires a new user of a family plan once to his address, or the address of the root user. That is the only form of control, though this may change in.
Gps-control to the address to confirm
The muziekstreamingdienst test a new method to prevent abuse of the family plan on to track. A number of listeners to a family plan this week, an e-mail received, which Spotify calls or via a link to their address want to pass. If you click on the link, wants to be Spotify access to your gps location to your exact address to determine.
Reject you do that, then you need to address to verify your postcode. Those who misuse the family plan, so it is better to manually ‘his’ address to pass on. Families that do live at the same address, have to be careful that they do not have a gps-control to allow if they are not at home.
In the authentication e-mail, that the refuse of the address check can lead to a blockage of the Spotify family subscription. In a comment to Spiegel Online let Spotify know that there are no consequences attached to ignoring the e-mail.
According to the streaming service is the new form of control currently being tested among a small group of users. Or later all of the listeners of the family subscription to the (non-waterproof) authentication method must go through, is still unknown.
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