$4.99 in Kazakhstan? While it’s 169 rub in Russia!

[user-removed]

Hi, Spotify! Congrats on launching in Kazakhstan! However, the price for our region concerns me. You charge 169 rub in Russia and $4.99 at the same time in Kazakhstan. Do you know it’s a huge gap in prices between our countries? Apple Music is more convenient for us then!

Plan

Free/Premium

Country

Kazakhstan 

Device

iPhone Xr

Operating System

iOS 13

[Perry-]

I support the author, the price issue in Kazakhstan is very interesting.

[VladimirThor]

interesting prices in RU only, in other CIS countries prices x2 higher, not sure why. so far ytube family much cheaper

[Melk42]

What are the nearest competitor companies prices in your country?) it is because yandex music here costs 169 rubles. there will be much less newcomers if you set price higher than that

[VladimirThor]

youtube premium family cost $5 per month, including video and music for 6ppl

[user-removed]

Apple Music costs 999 tenge. It’s about $2.5. The price speaks for itself.

[thekhan]

Let me put it this way, I'm simply not subscribing to Premium, unless prices in Kazakhstan are equal or less than in Russia. And yes, at 4.99 it's not competitive with Apple Music offering.

[SadoTobi]

Agree with that

UPD:

Oh, i activated the free 1 month premium. Guess what? The tracks that were unavailable... still unavailable! Why do i need this premium? In Yandex Music i can at least upload missing tracks plus free films for ~2$. 

Well, i was excited about music service but it have too many cons compare to other music services.

[Alenskii]

I agree with tgk_ekb. The current unjustified high price stops me to switch from Apple music to Spotify.
You could compare GDP of Russia and Kazakhstan, based on this prices in Kazakhstan should be even lower then in Russia.
To have new subcribers in Kazakhstan you have to reconsider your pricing policy in Kazakhstan

[Alenskii]

It's not interesting, it's outrageously high for average Kazakhstan citizen

[Maaky]

i support and agree with OP. You've made it with RUSSIA, which should've been a tough play, why not Kazakhstan?

[AdamFromKZ]

Да им насрать, разве непонятно. Они не клиентоориентированы для нас. Им все равно на наш регион, он не является денежным. Как говорится руководством Spotify: I don’t **bleep**.
Давно и с нетерпением ждал прихода споты к нам. Теперь понял, что ждал зря. Возмущает даже не сама цена, а подход к рынку России и нашему. Возмущает несправедливость. Поэтому, пока они не исправятся пользоваться не буду, продолжу дизер юзать.