Spotify’s requirement for family plan members to provide location data is apparently back on, and its addition to the updated terms and conditions suggests that this is now permanent. The pilot program was abruptly ended due to privacy concerns. Last year, the music streaming service asked certain members to confirm their location by giving their GPS coordinates. This is not the first time that Spotify has tried to limit the number of people subscribing to its family plan.
In Spotify’s descriptions for its premium plans, the Family plan is said to be “for families residing on the same address.” To enforce this, the music streaming service’s updated terms and conditions for the family plan, uploaded in August, state that Spotify will, from time to time, ask members to verify that they are all still living in the same house. Spotify, apparently, wants to stop that from happening. It is not a secret that some friends form groups to avail themselves of the family plan’s cheaper cost. The family plan is equivalent to $2.50 per member, which is much cheaper compared to an individual subscription for $10 per month. The Spotify Premium Family Plan, which goes for $15 per month, allows up to six accounts to enjoy the perks of premium membership, including ad-free listening and on-demand playback. Spotify will require family plan members to prove that they are all living at the same address, in a revived initiative to prevent abuse of the subscription option.
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