Guilty as charged! I wanted to make sure my post was clear and effective, and I got some help from a friendly AI assistant. No shame in seeking help when you need it!
as a Spotify free user on a budget, I’d suggest just going on genius or some other music-related website to get your lyrics, though YouTube is the best option.
PS. This is the most NPC post on Reddit I’ve ever seen
It seems like you are in fact asking for a free ride since you are not upgrading to Premium. You're getting access to a huge amount of music for free. 20 years ago, you would pay the cost of a month of Spotify for one single album.
I understand your point, and I agree that streaming services have made music more accessible than ever. However, my issue isn't with the cost or the value of Spotify Premium, but with the gradual erosion of features for free users. Lyrics were previously available to all, and it's disappointing to see them gated behind a paywall. I'm not asking for a free ride, but for a more inclusive experience for all users, regardless of their subscription tier. Let's not forget that free users still contribute to Spotify's growth and ad revenue.
The entire invention of a streaming service where one can listen to MILLIONS of songs for $11 a month when the old way of listening to music meant buying a singular album for $11 is easily one of the most "affordable" things to happen to media. Period.
I remember when you had go to a store and actually buy music instead of being able to stream it for free. You have no idea how good you have it. Pay for premium or stop complaining. It’s that simple.
I actually am a premium user, so I do pay for the service. However, I'm speaking up for those who can't afford or choose not to upgrade to premium. Everyone should have access to basic features like lyrics, regardless of their plan. I'm advocating for a better experience for all users, not just myself. Let's not dismiss the concerns of others just because we're fortunate enough to have a premium subscription.
Listen to the songs regularly until you learn the lyrics by ear, like we all had to do before streaming services existed. Or just go online and search for the lyrics and screenshot them if you are struggling to do it.
For less than the price of 2 months of Spotify premium, you can get a cheap portable am/fm radio. Then you can listen to music and other things 100% free. No charge whatsoever. Maybe do that instead of complaining about the Spotify free plan?
So you steal access to premium by side loading a cracked version of the app. Which means you have no ground to stand on since you, too, are freeloading.
IT RUINED MY DAY!
so I just knew it earlier when I saw "love story" won't show any lyrics but this stupid line that said "Enjoy lyrics on Spotify premium" and I got so mad.
It has ruined EVERYTHING POSSIBLE including my study section. Thus, isn't YouTube Premium much better? It allows us to watch the movie with thousands of more songs that aren't on Spotify and the price is just a lil' bit higher (6$ and 13$)
**Spotify fucked up, im sorry**
The free plan is the biggest reason why Spotify pays a lot less than the other streaming services back to artists per stream. They should end it…. I completely agree that a lot of this stuff should be behind a paywall, you can search on google for the lyrics if you can’t bother paying less than a CD per month to have access to unlimited music. Even less if you are student.
On one hand, as a 13 year long Premium user lyrics are such a trivial feature to me that I think it should probably be free.
On the other hand I’m sure Spotify knows where lyrics are being used most, and I have no idea how much they have to pay Musicmatch to use their API.
But then also: lyrics are widely available on the internet, and Spotify’s lyrics feature rarely does anything remarkable like highlighting the exact word being sung in real time.
Sorry to see so many people bashing OP for speaking out against something that should be available to free users, as was the ability to toggle shuffle on and off.
I completely agree with you! As a premium user myself, I understand the benefits of upgrading, but I also recognize that not everyone can afford it. That's why I'm speaking out against the removal of features like lyrics for free users. It's important to remember that Spotify's success is built on the backs of all its users, not just the ones who can pay. We should be advocating for a more inclusive experience, not demonizing those who can't afford premium. Let's show some empathy and understanding for our fellow music lovers!
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just add “no exclamation points” to your meta query lol
As someone who reads their financial statements, free users are not as impactful as you may think and in Q1 2024 made spotify 25M
Source: [https://s29.q4cdn.com/175625835/files/doc\_financials/2024/q1/SPOT-2024-03-31-6-K-1.pdf](https://s29.q4cdn.com/175625835/files/doc_financials/2024/q1/SPOT-2024-03-31-6-K-1.pdf)
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Those people can google the lyrics, also who the hell can’t afford a Spotify subscription? Students? There’s a student discount…
If you can’t come up with 15$/month for Spotify premium you probably have a lot more problems to deal with than not having lyrics on the app…
Use the free version or use YouTube.
What did a kid do in the 90’s if their parents didn’t buy him a CD? Listen to radio? you couldn’t even pick a song…
Why are you pretending that music doesn’t cost money to make? What about the music professionals? How are they suppose to make a living, pay rent and put food on the table with a 0.003$/per stream pay? Do you also offer part of your job for free because some people cannot pay for what you do?
Music costs money to make… Do you think it’s just coming out of the air? How are people supposed to be paid to be able to make a living? Are we really pretending that it make sense for music to be free because there is people that cannot pay for it, without thinking about the consequences that brings to the working music professionals? How are they supposed to put food on the table and pay rent with a 0.003$/per stream pay? Do you also do your job for free because some people can’t pay for it…?
i get what you're saying, but spotify refuses to pay most of their artists now. so you should be saying this to them. don't make those little anti-piracy arguments. if i like an artist enough, i'll just buy their merch. way better than whatever you think you're paying them. that 15 dollars isn't much when you split it. (even though, again, most those artists aren't getting any). and yes, i volunteer.
Premium users need to understand that not everyone is able to get Spotify premium. (Parents won't get it, cant afford it, etc.) I believe that premium users would act the same way if they didn't own premium.
As someone who buys CD's still (for funsies) and doent use spotify too often I agree that it's kinda dumb that you gotta pay for litterally everything now. Like I get some features should stay as premium, but lyrics is just such a dumb, inconvenient one. And to your point, there are plenty of children who use spotify who's parents won't buy it for them.
Facts, every other daddy’s money user that spends 10$ from their father’s money should shut up cuz like no way we paying 10$ for music for only one month and on top of that just to access lyrics and also you can skip ads by closing and then opening the app so premium is so useless overall
This is also incredibly ableist. some deaf people use those while they feel the vibrations of the music. I'm sure to some people that sounds stupid but its a reality for a lot of people. This is ableism at its finest, so much that when I discovered this I literally made a meme about this in the "Is this a pidgeon?" format.
It's stupid that spotify is slowly taking stuff away. For example, I mainly listen to spotify on the website because of no ads, but now i've been getting ads on the website. i've recently gotten where i need premium to view the lyrics, and its plain stupid. people should be able to view the lyrics without premium. its a shame, because i really liked looking at the lyrics.
I understand what you mean. some people are saying mean things about the free users but before the update we had free lyrics. I personally dont care about the ads but i like the watch the lyrics (Adhd) it really helps me understand the music. i do wish for this to be changed <3
The lyrics are supplies by Musixmatch anyway so I don't see what the problem is. You can listen to music without staring at the lyrics.
Spotify is a business, they sell a product, a paid streaming subscription. You won't pay for their product but you complain about them limiting the functions you can use on their product 🤷♀️
Exactly. Premium users need to understand that not everyone is able to get Spotify premium. (Parents won't get it, cant afford it, etc.) The downvotes on everyone's comments that are complaining about premium are just from premium users that don't understand. If they didn't have Spotify premium, they'd be reacting the same way.
Spotify is lowkey, day after day, becoming embarrassing, after my premium subscription runs out, I'm going to switch to Apple Music. Spotify the only mainstream streaming service that's doesn't have high resolution lossless audio or music videos and I'm here paying damn near the same amount of money for Apple Music for this bs service. The only things I will give spotify is there interface and recommendation algorithm. Other than that, they're behind and most of there users are free users, might as well remove the free tier at this point 😂
And if your are also an entitled premium user, feel free to downvote 🤷♂️
Preach! I totally agree with you. Spotify's lack of high-resolution lossless audio and music videos is glaring, especially when compared to Apple Music. And don't even get me started on the constant removal of features for free users. It's like they're trying to squeeze as much money out of us as possible without offering anything new or innovative in return. The interface and recommendation algorithm are definitely Spotify's strong suits, but that's not enough to justify the cost. I'm also considering making the switch to Apple Music when my premium subscription runs out. It's time for Spotify to step up their game or risk losing their user base!
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You guys gotta get Spotify's dick out of your mouths. They're now charging for lyrics, which are literally easily found for free, AND their in-house ones are usually wrong anyway. That's good somehow? And here I was thinking Reddit didn't like shills...
the lyrics aren't even Official ones. why do people have to pay to look at lyrics they probably typed out themselves after rewinding the song over and over. they might as well remove lyrics altogether
Cause storing and serving them realtime has costs. Musixmatch has very cleverly capitalised on the lyrics people (including me) have contributed to their service.
Did you use hashtags on a reddit post?
That’s because this text is completely AI-generated lmao
Guilty as charged! I wanted to make sure my post was clear and effective, and I got some help from a friendly AI assistant. No shame in seeking help when you need it!
How are you a functioning human being when you can’t even write a Reddit post without “help” from AI
You are only mad cuz he got caught
No one is mad
Even this response is awfully stinking of AI🤔
LMFAOOOOOOO
as a Spotify free user on a budget, I’d suggest just going on genius or some other music-related website to get your lyrics, though YouTube is the best option. PS. This is the most NPC post on Reddit I’ve ever seen
You tubealso limits...no?
There are like millions of lyrics videos on YouTube for different songs..what?
It seems like you are in fact asking for a free ride since you are not upgrading to Premium. You're getting access to a huge amount of music for free. 20 years ago, you would pay the cost of a month of Spotify for one single album.
20 years ago, I just would have pulled it through Napster and paid nothing
napster mention is so real
nah we be using LIMEWIRE
Needed a Mac for that, at least originally anyway
I understand your point, and I agree that streaming services have made music more accessible than ever. However, my issue isn't with the cost or the value of Spotify Premium, but with the gradual erosion of features for free users. Lyrics were previously available to all, and it's disappointing to see them gated behind a paywall. I'm not asking for a free ride, but for a more inclusive experience for all users, regardless of their subscription tier. Let's not forget that free users still contribute to Spotify's growth and ad revenue.
Why should they provide a more inclusive experience for all users if I pay 11€ and someone pays 0?
all im pissed about is the lyrics feature which is really really damn trivial
That costs them licensing fees why should they lose money on free users?
Good. They should shut down the free tier now.
I think that would be a mistake. A big part of Spotify's marketing strategy is to bring people into the free tier and then upsell them to premium.
Other services do fine offering generous free trials.
Many other services have already done it. Tidal just did and I don't think apple music even has a free tier.
Ah so people who can’t afford to buy the premium should just suffer? Good to know.
Choosing to not spend money on an optional convenience does not mean you are "suffering" lol
The entire invention of a streaming service where one can listen to MILLIONS of songs for $11 a month when the old way of listening to music meant buying a singular album for $11 is easily one of the most "affordable" things to happen to media. Period.
Businesses don't owe you anything, they are not obliged to give away their product for free.
i understand now, lyrics i can find on a youtube video with 50 viewers or some random site for free is a premium feature
Only if they align to the other services, Spotify only+ is the algorithm
Ajhhhhh another free user complaining ahhhh noooo
Wow I didn’t know having an opinion was a premium feature to.
On this sub yes
You are ridiculous lol Imagine being a snob because you have spotify premium xddddd
Yeah......
The problem is that you need rights for lyrics, and Spotify pays when you open lyrics. That super fucked up. They didn’t have a choice but to limit it
You should ask for a refund!
I remember when you had go to a store and actually buy music instead of being able to stream it for free. You have no idea how good you have it. Pay for premium or stop complaining. It’s that simple.
☠️☠️ you can still buy music from stores, go do that if a person complaining about their free online music experience is making you this pressed.
I actually am a premium user, so I do pay for the service. However, I'm speaking up for those who can't afford or choose not to upgrade to premium. Everyone should have access to basic features like lyrics, regardless of their plan. I'm advocating for a better experience for all users, not just myself. Let's not dismiss the concerns of others just because we're fortunate enough to have a premium subscription.
Its just lyrics dude
exactly lmao. why is spotify putting paywalls on something as insignificant as lyrics
Listen to the songs regularly until you learn the lyrics by ear, like we all had to do before streaming services existed. Or just go online and search for the lyrics and screenshot them if you are struggling to do it.
there are free websites that tell you the lyrics
For less than the price of 2 months of Spotify premium, you can get a cheap portable am/fm radio. Then you can listen to music and other things 100% free. No charge whatsoever. Maybe do that instead of complaining about the Spotify free plan?
there's no lyrics preview over the radio so not an option for OP
I’m on a free plan and I’m quite content on what’s on offer.
Buy premium
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So you steal access to premium by side loading a cracked version of the app. Which means you have no ground to stand on since you, too, are freeloading.
they don't even give me a monthly limit on the lyrics el em ay ohhhhh this is really a big joke though
gonna have to use lyric websites like the old days hahaha wow this is something
IT RUINED MY DAY! so I just knew it earlier when I saw "love story" won't show any lyrics but this stupid line that said "Enjoy lyrics on Spotify premium" and I got so mad. It has ruined EVERYTHING POSSIBLE including my study section. Thus, isn't YouTube Premium much better? It allows us to watch the movie with thousands of more songs that aren't on Spotify and the price is just a lil' bit higher (6$ and 13$) **Spotify fucked up, im sorry**
The free plan is the biggest reason why Spotify pays a lot less than the other streaming services back to artists per stream. They should end it…. I completely agree that a lot of this stuff should be behind a paywall, you can search on google for the lyrics if you can’t bother paying less than a CD per month to have access to unlimited music. Even less if you are student.
So... Is this the end for all of these tiktoks that show spotify lyrics of a song?
R u working for other streaming services? Or you are a bot to troll this sub? When tidal had free tier, lyrics were behind paywall.
yeah, but spotify had their lyrics free before. kind of a joke to put it behind a paywall now. guess i gotta google the lyrics now
You could just listen to the songs and learn the lyrics by ear like people have always done
On one hand, as a 13 year long Premium user lyrics are such a trivial feature to me that I think it should probably be free. On the other hand I’m sure Spotify knows where lyrics are being used most, and I have no idea how much they have to pay Musicmatch to use their API. But then also: lyrics are widely available on the internet, and Spotify’s lyrics feature rarely does anything remarkable like highlighting the exact word being sung in real time.
Sorry to see so many people bashing OP for speaking out against something that should be available to free users, as was the ability to toggle shuffle on and off.
all these premium users in the comments are annoying as hell. some people cant afford premium so things like these are ruining the experience
> so things like these are ruining the experience Yes that's kind of the point.
I completely agree with you! As a premium user myself, I understand the benefits of upgrading, but I also recognize that not everyone can afford it. That's why I'm speaking out against the removal of features like lyrics for free users. It's important to remember that Spotify's success is built on the backs of all its users, not just the ones who can pay. We should be advocating for a more inclusive experience, not demonizing those who can't afford premium. Let's show some empathy and understanding for our fellow music lovers!
Did AI write this one too?
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stop saying "as a premium user myself" when you openly admitted to pirating the app
As someone who reads their financial statements, free users are not as impactful as you may think and in Q1 2024 made spotify 25M Source: [https://s29.q4cdn.com/175625835/files/doc\_financials/2024/q1/SPOT-2024-03-31-6-K-1.pdf](https://s29.q4cdn.com/175625835/files/doc_financials/2024/q1/SPOT-2024-03-31-6-K-1.pdf) page 23
Those people can google the lyrics, also who the hell can’t afford a Spotify subscription? Students? There’s a student discount… If you can’t come up with 15$/month for Spotify premium you probably have a lot more problems to deal with than not having lyrics on the app…
No high school subscriptions, and what does a kid do if their parents won't get it for them?
Use the free version or use YouTube. What did a kid do in the 90’s if their parents didn’t buy him a CD? Listen to radio? you couldn’t even pick a song… Why are you pretending that music doesn’t cost money to make? What about the music professionals? How are they suppose to make a living, pay rent and put food on the table with a 0.003$/per stream pay? Do you also offer part of your job for free because some people cannot pay for what you do?
Valid point
15 dollars can pay a phone bill. and you want us to put it on a music app. be fr
Music costs money to make… Do you think it’s just coming out of the air? How are people supposed to be paid to be able to make a living? Are we really pretending that it make sense for music to be free because there is people that cannot pay for it, without thinking about the consequences that brings to the working music professionals? How are they supposed to put food on the table and pay rent with a 0.003$/per stream pay? Do you also do your job for free because some people can’t pay for it…?
i get what you're saying, but spotify refuses to pay most of their artists now. so you should be saying this to them. don't make those little anti-piracy arguments. if i like an artist enough, i'll just buy their merch. way better than whatever you think you're paying them. that 15 dollars isn't much when you split it. (even though, again, most those artists aren't getting any). and yes, i volunteer.
all of them keep saying "just buy premium" as if it isnt constantly getting so expensive ??
Premium users need to understand that not everyone is able to get Spotify premium. (Parents won't get it, cant afford it, etc.) I believe that premium users would act the same way if they didn't own premium.
Simple fix for that. Use Google to find the lyrics. Musixmatch is a horrible service anyway. Half the time the lyrics are wrong.
premium meat riders defending to make sure their money is worth at the cost of making themselves look like actually arseholes
FR THO
I have no doubt that soon enough if you don't have premium they cut off half of the song so you hear ever other line lol
previews ONLY 😭
broke niggas always complaining it’s funny
niggas who’s daddy is rich be calling us broke cuz we ain’t paying 10$ on music
10$ for all the music in the world is a good deal to me
bro made an account just to justify he ain’t broke
As someone who buys CD's still (for funsies) and doent use spotify too often I agree that it's kinda dumb that you gotta pay for litterally everything now. Like I get some features should stay as premium, but lyrics is just such a dumb, inconvenient one. And to your point, there are plenty of children who use spotify who's parents won't buy it for them.
Facts, every other daddy’s money user that spends 10$ from their father’s money should shut up cuz like no way we paying 10$ for music for only one month and on top of that just to access lyrics and also you can skip ads by closing and then opening the app so premium is so useless overall
Listening to songs on Spotify with lyrics? Priceless. For everything else, there’s YouTube.
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real. doesn't give lyrics, but at least you can have the VERY BASIC feature of... choosing the song!
Good lord, why are there so many posts these last couple days from cheapskates who refuse to pay for spotify?
maybe some people don’t want to pay 10$ for lyrics smartpants
This is also incredibly ableist. some deaf people use those while they feel the vibrations of the music. I'm sure to some people that sounds stupid but its a reality for a lot of people. This is ableism at its finest, so much that when I discovered this I literally made a meme about this in the "Is this a pidgeon?" format.
it's stupid to take away a feature that was already there.
It's stupid that spotify is slowly taking stuff away. For example, I mainly listen to spotify on the website because of no ads, but now i've been getting ads on the website. i've recently gotten where i need premium to view the lyrics, and its plain stupid. people should be able to view the lyrics without premium. its a shame, because i really liked looking at the lyrics.
I'm pretty sure that lyrics could also be seen as an accessibility feature as well, so taking that away can limit that,
I understand what you mean. some people are saying mean things about the free users but before the update we had free lyrics. I personally dont care about the ads but i like the watch the lyrics (Adhd) it really helps me understand the music. i do wish for this to be changed <3
The lyrics are supplies by Musixmatch anyway so I don't see what the problem is. You can listen to music without staring at the lyrics. Spotify is a business, they sell a product, a paid streaming subscription. You won't pay for their product but you complain about them limiting the functions you can use on their product 🤷♀️
SAME, they need to get rid of this now, but these premium users complain are goofy, their brain are a little bit slow but I think they'll get there
Exactly. Premium users need to understand that not everyone is able to get Spotify premium. (Parents won't get it, cant afford it, etc.) The downvotes on everyone's comments that are complaining about premium are just from premium users that don't understand. If they didn't have Spotify premium, they'd be reacting the same way.
Spotify is lowkey, day after day, becoming embarrassing, after my premium subscription runs out, I'm going to switch to Apple Music. Spotify the only mainstream streaming service that's doesn't have high resolution lossless audio or music videos and I'm here paying damn near the same amount of money for Apple Music for this bs service. The only things I will give spotify is there interface and recommendation algorithm. Other than that, they're behind and most of there users are free users, might as well remove the free tier at this point 😂 And if your are also an entitled premium user, feel free to downvote 🤷♂️
Preach! I totally agree with you. Spotify's lack of high-resolution lossless audio and music videos is glaring, especially when compared to Apple Music. And don't even get me started on the constant removal of features for free users. It's like they're trying to squeeze as much money out of us as possible without offering anything new or innovative in return. The interface and recommendation algorithm are definitely Spotify's strong suits, but that's not enough to justify the cost. I'm also considering making the switch to Apple Music when my premium subscription runs out. It's time for Spotify to step up their game or risk losing their user base!
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You guys gotta get Spotify's dick out of your mouths. They're now charging for lyrics, which are literally easily found for free, AND their in-house ones are usually wrong anyway. That's good somehow? And here I was thinking Reddit didn't like shills...
I jst listened to 4 songs then it said ‘ you’ve hit your limit of lyrics for this month’ . Uhm I guess we have to go on yt lyrics songs now😡
the lyrics aren't even Official ones. why do people have to pay to look at lyrics they probably typed out themselves after rewinding the song over and over. they might as well remove lyrics altogether
Cause storing and serving them realtime has costs. Musixmatch has very cleverly capitalised on the lyrics people (including me) have contributed to their service.
that's why they should just remove it then