Spotify’s hidden Basic tier can save you cash, if you can find it

Annoyed by Spotify’s latest price hike? You can always dodge the increase by switching to a competing streamer, but if you’d rather stick to Spotify, there’s another option: a cheaper but well-hidden music-only tier. 

Spotify’s Basic plans aren’t new—they were first announced in mid 2024—but they’re easy to forget and even harder to spot, given that they’re buried at the bottom of Spotify’s Premium plan listings. And you can’t sign up for this service tier as a new user.

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