Why if I've downloaded songs already, why should I be charged data again to redownload

[francinew-au]

I'm on premium account, when using new device, why am I charged to redownload all offline saved songs or music??

[dinomight]

Unfortunately this has to do with the way Spotify recognizes new devices and ties the cache to that device, meaning it has to recreate that cache whenever you set up a new device to work offline with Spotify. I assume the charges you're referring to are from your data plan or ISP? Spotify can't control that, but you might check out this idea suggesting a way to transfer offline data from an old device to a new one. Please add kudos and comments if this is something you'd like to see. Thanks!