However, according to the streaming service's terms and conditions, updated in August, family plan users will be expected to share location data 'from time to time' in order to prove that everyone on the plan is in fact living in the same residence.įirst spotted by CNET, the new requirement does raise privacy concerns, but Spotify has moved to allay those fears by issuing the following statement: The streaming service officially requires that fellow family plan members live in the same household, but Spotify has historically been fairly lax about checking up on where people live, so it's easy to see the appeal. If six people share a plan then the cost of Spotify Premium works out at $2.50 per person. It's no secret that friends sometimes gang up together to share the spoils of subscribing to Spotify's cheaper family plan, even though they don't live together. The Spotify Premium Family Plan has been hugely popular among users of the music streaming service, since it offers families up to six accounts under one plan for a single price of $14.99 a month, as does Apple Music's equivalent.

Spotify will require family plan members to provide their location data 'from time to time' to prove they're all living under the same roof, in an effort to curb subscribers who abuse the offer.

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