topic Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine in Your Library

Podcasts not working in Ukraine

Itial — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:06:26 GMT

Plan

Free

Country

Ukraine

Hi!
Spotify just launched in Ukraine (literally yesterday), but we don't have podcasts. Like at all. On all platforms - win, android and web-player.
Can it be fixed?

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

falone — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 17:40:38 GMT

I have also blank "New albums and singles" page. There's only best new playlist.

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

Itial — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:30:52 GMT

Yes! That`s too.

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

grandepianisto — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 08:58:09 GMT

I dropped a message to Spotify support and had a little conversation. They answered: 'it is common to launch in markets without offering the full Spotify product range' and 'we are working to get our podcast offering up and running for your particular region as soon as we are able'.
So, we'll be waiting for podcasts for the same time we'd been waiting for the launching in Ukraine before.

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

Itial — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:25:18 GMT

Thank you!

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

diedovsergey — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:32:51 GMT

The funny part is that we only get a cop-out like "there is some imagine regional restrictions" but there are no concrete dates, plans, and so on.
The worst thing is that Spotify bought JRE podcast and it's not available anywhere else but here. And so, there is no ability to watch/listen to it even with a paid subscription.
This is discrimination! Taking to account that, e.g. russian subscription costs less but gives you all features exept some regional content, Ukranian one does not give you even a chance to have the whole feature working.

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

roman_tino — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:51:16 GMT

Why this is marked as Solved? It is not solved at all, you are not able to watch what you have payed for!

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

Itial — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:52:37 GMT

Solved - because the post was written when the Spotify was just launched. But now more than six months have passed, and we still have no podcasts (((

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

roman_tino — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 02:16:20 GMT

So now Spotify is hijacking podcasts that ware available on other platforms and locks them from watching. Spotify you suck!

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

Physicist — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:31:29 GMT

No available podcasts yet !!!

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

Nastillas — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 23:57:08 GMT

Common, Spotify we need podcasts! Is it some sort of discrimination that other Eastern European countries do have podcasts and Ukrainian version doesn´t ?! And yet we have to pay more as it was mentioned here earlier. So, what is the real reason?

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

Cat_on_the_left — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 11:37:18 GMT

It's 2022 and we still don't have podcasts. Why?

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

Desynkro — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:55:53 GMT

There are still no podcasts in Ukraine! Why do they exist in Russia, but not in Ukraine? This is ethnic discrimination!?

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

ViadeKos — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 12:21:27 GMT

They are waiting for Brandon selling Ukraine to Russia. Spoilfy just don't want to pay for regional transfer.

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

nolore — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:10:49 GMT

Almost two years since launch and still no changes!

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

nida_panaya — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 16:14:53 GMT

It's time to drop some podcasts in the Ukraine region!)

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

Desynkro — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 22:23:09 GMT

During the war, people need to have all possible information resources. Podcasts are one of them. It's time to turn on podcasts!

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

Yehor — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 14:52:15 GMT

Spotify, please bring podcasts to Ukrainian listeners. It's already 2 years passed.

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

_Skill_ — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 16:10:55 GMT

Is there any plans to make podcasts available in Ukraine? I've been using Russian account for year, now you have left Russia, so I must have changed my country to Ukraine(where I live). First of all it's an Europe price for premium in dollars, whereas in Russian it was in rubles and much cheaper, yet after that we have some limitations including podcasts. Please, make something with this, we need podcasts

Re: Podcasts not working in Ukraine

eugene_golovan — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:37:46 GMT

Spotify, we all are really waiting on podcasts available in Ukraine. At least please reply with some reasonable answer why you cannot do this.