Spotify customers fury as it hikes prices by up to £24 a year from June

SPOTIFY customers have been left furious as the music streaming giant plans to hike prices by up to £24 a year.

The changes, which come into effect from June, will apply to music fans with Spotify’s Premium Student, Duo, and Family plans.

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New customers will start paying the higher prices from Friday, April 30.

Customers on Spotify’s Family plan will be hit with the highest hike, as the package will increase from £14.99 to £16.99 – £2 extra a month.

While Student and Duo plans will increase by £1 a month – we’ve rounded up all the price changes below.

Spotify is yet to confirm whether its standard Premium subscription will definitely remain in price at £9.99.

Customers have vented about the changes on Twitter, with one user saying: “Spotify are increasing the student plan monthly price by a quid not happy.”

While another added: “Uh? Spotify increased the price of premium student? Whyyyyy?”

And a third said: “Spotify want to put up the price of my family subscription by £2, then I hear that Spotify want to buy Arsenal!!

“Goodbye to my @Spotify subscription.”

If you’re unhappy about the changes, you can cancel your Spotify subscription at any point without having to pay a penalty.

If you do, you’ll continue to get the get the service until your next billing date. Aft this, your account will be switched to a limited, free one.

If you’d like to leave altogether, Apple Music lets you try out its service for three months for free. After this, it’ll cost you £9.99 a month.

While Amazon Music Unlimited also lets you sign up for a free three-month trial, after which it’ll cost from £7.99 a month.

A spokesperson for Spotify said: “We offer a variety of subscription plans tailored to our users’ needs.

“We occasionally update our prices to reflect local macroeconomic factors and meet market demands while offering an unparalleled service.”

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Arsenal fans have gone wild as the Spotify price hike came on the same day its founder Daniel Ek began a £2.5billion takeover bid.

We explain how to cancel Spotify if you’re unhappy with the new prices.

Over the past few months, video streaming site Netflix has also increased prices by up to £24 a year.

This post first appeared on thesun.co.uk