Why is Spotify forcing me to buy premium?

[asttech07]

One of my top heard albums, suddenly became a premium feature. All the songs are greyed out and if I search it, it says "You have discovered a premium feature". It gives an option "Find how to listen to this song" and then redirects you to the premium purchase page. This is the most annoying behaviour that a company can do, if this isn't removed at the earliest, I will never consider buying the premium again.

[Luan · Accepted solution]

Hey, @asttech07 
Welcome to Spotify Community and thanks for reaching out here!

No way! Spotify has the philosophy to democratize access to music. Anyone can listen to its favorite songs, podcasts, and any other content without the necessity to pay for Premium...

Knowing that, actually you're probably experiencing a cache issue. This way, I recommend that you try to perform a clean reinstallation of the app on your device. It's different than the fast reinstallation, so you can get the step-by-step here.

Also, just for your information, I believe that the album you've mentioned isn't available in Spotify anymore. I've checked here and it's greyed out too (and I have Premium). This can happen if licensing agreements with the artist/labels, or ownership of rights, has changed. You can read more about that here: 

• I can't find something on Spotify

If you have any other further questions or need more help, let me know! I'd love to help!

Best Regards,
hezorg

[asttech07]

@hezorg

Thank you for the clear explanation!

[Luan]

Happy to know that my answer was useful to you. And remember that you can count on us, always, when necessary! 💚

Regards,

Luan

[Freddyfred76]

It's forcing me to a premium membership but I don't have a family, I'm single, I'm an individual so I want that plan, but Spotify on my phone won't let me take an individual plan I have to take premium and I don't want premium. So what should I do to keep my plan as is?

[Anshulsingh7]

It's not free now we are forced to buy spotify premium we can't play the previous song button is disabled nor we can play the song from between we cant slide it's disabled and many more.

You need to make spotify free like it her apps

[Spiderma]

I was hoping to get the lyrics but now Spotify had made it premium and not available. Many people want the lyrics without buying premium. Many listeners are not happy with that update and want to have lyrics to be free just like it was before. 

[Kavinyazhini]

Hello. My spotify is not opening at all. It just says to buy premium.

[Luan]

Hey, @Kavinyazhini 
Welcome to the Spotify Community, and thanks for reaching out to us!

Could you give me some more information about what is happening? What are you trying to do when you get the message? If possible, share with us a screenshot. It would be helpful.

Thanks in advance!

Regards,

Luan

[Hadiseh]

Hello,
I'm a bit unsure about the solution you shared.
Even on the laptop app, mobile app, and the web version of Netflix, it seems that without a premium subscription, I can't access any content at all.
Kind of forcing me to buy premium membership!!
That's really strange!