Spotify has announced yet another removal of streaming restrictions as it bids to stave off the competition.
Hot on the heels of allowing mobile users to stream for free, the music service has now removed the limitations from its browser based player for non-subscribers.
Before now, those listening via their browsers were restricted to 10 hours monthly listening and five plays of a single track.
Before now, those listening via their browsers were restricted to 10 hours monthly listening and five plays of a single track.
Listen to what you want, where you want, whenever you choose
"In the past, we had to restrict your listening time to some hours a month once a six-month unlimited grace period had passed," communications manager Diego Planas Rego said in a post on the Spotify blog.
"But now, if you haven’t noticed, there’s no more time limit if you are using Spotify for free. We have removed these caps completely across all platforms – you can listen to your favourite songs as many times as you like, for as long as you want."
"But now, if you haven’t noticed, there’s no more time limit if you are using Spotify for free. We have removed these caps completely across all platforms – you can listen to your favourite songs as many times as you like, for as long as you want."
So what’s the catch and why would you choose to shell-out £9.99 per month instead? It’s mostly the fairly frequent adverts that will get to you but there’s also no support for offline play as well, although that’s probably less of an issue.
Additionally, smartphone users can only listen to playlists in shuffle mode but everyone has a tablet nowadays, right?
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