Free audiobook listening time for all Premium members

[SamBuzz]

While I'm grateful for the move to bring audiobooks to Spotify, the exclusive benefit of free audiobooks for the "plan manager" in duo and family memberships seems unjust. It diminishes the premium experience for other members who pay the same amount as their friends and family but don't enjoy the full premium benefits. 

I acknowledge the cost-effectiveness of duo and family memberships, but the solution to a fairer listening experience could be to distribute the 15 hours among all members in your party. This way, duo members, for instance, would get 7.5 hours free—a reasonable compromise for the reduced cost.

It ensures fairness to all users and gives users the option to customise their audiobook time based on their plan size and budget.

[Jil3]

Let the other plan member be able to request hours to take from the plan manager hours. So it stays at 15hours monthly in total but they can be shared and then there is the option to get more hours which can be paid for. Which probably still happens, because both started listening to audiobooks and want to continue them. But at least they where both able to start them without the extra costs. Win win?

[toppiethuis]

Absolutely agree with your statement. 

It's a sort of sneaky way of the subscription. As a parent you sign up, sort of controlling your youngsters.

My daughter (under 16) cant be account owner due to her age.

it's wrong.  and needs to be fixed!

[Leya04]

I’m really disappointed to find out that with a Premium Family Plan, only the plan manager gets access to audiobooks. That makes no sense. If I’m paying for a family service, the perks should extend to the family. Right now, it feels like I’m paying for something I don’t even use, while my niece (who actually loves audiobooks) is excluded.

At the very least, give me the option to assign the audiobook access to someone else on the plan. Otherwise, this isn’t really a “family” benefit — it’s a wasted feature for me and a missed opportunity for the people who would actually enjoy it.

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Make audiobooks available to all members of the family subscription (not just the primary user); if necessary, manually divide the total time among the members per month.