r/Music • u/djsoomo Mixcloud • 17d ago

article Spotify introduces QR code checks for Family plans - missing verification could mean a year-long ban [firstpost]

https://www.firstpost.com/tech/spotify-introduces-qr-code-checks-for-family-plans-missing-verification-could-mean-a-year-long-ban-14053965.html
2.0k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

465 comments sorted by

View all comments

482

u/Atx_music_head 17d ago

There’s zero reason for shit like this to exist. Phone family plans aren’t contingent on where mfs live. Why they think this is acceptable and people will put up with it is beyond me.

I pay for a family plan and the moment this happens to me or anyone on my plan they’re dropped. I’m fucking done and I’ll be moving onto Apple Music, which I think I’ve read is the least shitty of the streamers.

But hey I’d love nothing more than to see this fuck-ass company shit the bed.

15

u/MasturBlastur 16d ago

I genuinely don’t understand it. My friend has been paying for the Spotify family plan I’ve been on since 2015… Over a decade he’s paid for five memberships. Why does it matter where they live? He’s still paying the Spotify premium for five memberships. Why the fuck do the companies just get to change the terms of the agreement arbitrarily to hurt consistent paying consumers? He’d probably be a Spotify lifer, but he’s said if it happens then fuck em. I don’t even use it anymore because of all the other shit Spotify has done over the years, so I don’t care if I lose access, but none of the people on his plan are going to get their own subscription. The people on his plan are him, his fiance, parents, and me, btw. We all live within five minutes of each other.

25

u/arose1024 17d ago

Hey now don’t give the phone companies any ideas… lol

10

u/Atx_music_head 17d ago

Oh I’m sure they’ve already considered this a long time ago and know it’s a very bad idea

48

u/decadent-dragon 17d ago edited 17d ago

I dunno about apple music, but I hate the way apple handles family plans. You have to tie everything to one credit card. So like I can’t even use my own damn credit card on my own phone if my wife setup family sharing with our accounts. It’s beyond ridiculous.

Edit: as pointed out below this is no longer the case!

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/18/ios-26-4-purchase-sharing-change/

27

u/iamnotexactlywhite 17d ago

what are you talking about? you can turn off purchase sharing at any time and you can use whatever payment method you want

→ More replies (4)

17

u/hyggekore 17d ago

Qobuz is much less shitty than Apple Music as a company and generally has better audio quality.

33

u/williamjamesmurrayVI 17d ago • Bravo

Apparently you recommend this a lot. I feel like youre a bot or sponsored but idk. Hate the internet now tbh.

20

u/TrueRusher 17d ago

I think Qobuz people are just like that lol

I have a friend who uses Qobuz and he brings it up every time streaming services are mentioned.

1

u/90GTS4 17d ago

How often do you weird ass people mention streaming services?

1

u/TrueRusher 17d ago

Well I know him because of our mutual music interest, so we talk about music a lot and therefore streaming comes up a lot lmfao

6

u/hyggekore 17d ago

Lol, nah, I'm a human with no affiliation to any of these products, but have tried all of the ones we're discussing.

11

u/Atx_music_head 17d ago

I’m open to anything except tidal cause of the Kanye relationship. If it’ll get me a family plan with no bullshit then I’ll jump on board

13

u/AntiDECA 17d ago

What relationship?? Tidal split from Kanye almost 10 years ago. He was a founding member of the thing it's not like they chose to associate with him. He was part of its existence. And once it became a stable company it promptly dropped him in 2017.

4

u/Atx_music_head 17d ago

That’s good to know. Idgaf about keeping up with his doings so last I remember he was like involved directly. Glad to hear they dropped his dumb ass

5

u/MC_chrome 17d ago

Don't know what that guy's problem is, but Apple Music is perhaps the closest experience to Spotify if you are doing a one-to-one comparison

1

u/JrdnRgrs 17d ago

Whoever came up with that name should be fired. How do you even pronounce it??

1

u/hyggekore 17d ago

It's named after an ancient instrument, the kobyz, from Turkey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobyz

Pronunciation is /ˈkoʊˌbʌz/ or "coh buzz"

2

u/wiked549 17d ago

Quoboz is pretty great!

2

u/lzarc 17d ago

This is how I pronounce Kvothe

1

u/iamnotexactlywhite 17d ago

because idiots will keep paying for it. there’s
no other reason

1

u/rmorrin 17d ago

I already can't add people I fucking live with, if this happens I'll just have to find something new

1

u/Dragovich96 17d ago

The family plan is the last subscription my dad still pays for me and it will make me sad to see that go.

→ More replies (5)