Spotify's Family Plan QR Code Could Cost You Premium Access
Spotify is trying to make some Premium Family members prove they live at the same address.
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Sharing accounts with family and friends is one way to bring down the cost of subscriptions. I've done it. You may have as well. Streaming companies are all too aware this is going on, and they've made moves over the last few years to prevent folks from sharing their accounts too easily. Those include introducing family plans (even Strava has one now) and extra fees for folks who don't live with the primary account holder. Now, Spotify is trying to tighten the screw on people who share a Premium Family plan and don't reside at the same address. It recently deployed a verification system that uses QR codes.
Spotify said on a support pagethat it might ask Premium Family members to verify they live with the plan's manager by scanning...
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