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Free Spotify is letting me access Premium features
August 16, 2025
Update: Spotify is no longer letting me access premium features. It seemed to only work for 27% of readers as well according to our poll.
They say everything good in life is free, which must be whySpotifyis now letting me access premium features without paying for a premium subscription. If you’re unfamiliar, you don’t actually need to pay to use Spotify. Like most othermajor streaming servicesthe company has a free tier option available that lets users get the feel for the service without paying a dime. Of course, there are some caveats.
For one, you won’t be able to search for and select specific songs unless you’re on a paid plan. Or at least you shouldn’t be able to according to thecompany website. Free users can only select songs to listen to from certain playlists but for some reason I’ve had no problem searching for songs all day from any album I want (like my current jamMotionby Emotional Oranges). This is not something I should be able to do without paying a monthly subscription fee. As a free user I should also be served an annoying number of ads in between songs, which also hasn’t happened in the last few hours that I’ve been jamming.
I’m not sure if something is broken atSpotifyor if this is a weird promotion the company is running without telling anyone, but if you’ve been thinking of trying out Spotify now is a great time to check it out.
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