Spotify fights against fake family plans

Spotify users have the ability to select a family plan. It is a plan for six people registered at the same address, thanks to which they listen to unlimited music and have some premium functions, for a very low price. Although, in many cases it is not used by families, but by groups of friends seeking to save money. Something that the company seeks to change.

Spotify fights against fake family plans

Since these people have a family account and not an individual, the income of the platform is much lower. In addition, in the family plan there is a vital requirement, which in many cases is not met.

Family plan on Spotify

Since in order to use this family plan, you must be registered at the same address. So all six people must be listed at one address. Although so far it is easy to circumvent this rule on Spotify. Since what is done is that the invoice is sent to a person, whose address is used by the rest in the registration on the platform. But now, the company has tested with a system.

It is a GPS based system. When the user enters Spotify, he is asked to allow control of his location by GPS. So that it can be determined that you live at the address stated in the account. If you refuse, you could lose your access.

It is something that they have tried briefly this past week, although it is not known if it is something that they are going to introduce definitively on the platform. We look forward to hearing more about your steps to fight these fake family plans.

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