Spotify puts publicly available lyrics behind a premium paywall in 'routine test'<p>Spotify is experimenting with the offerings of its Premium service. Over the last few days, several Spotify users on the free tier noticed they no longer had access to in-app lyrics. Instead, they were greeted by a notification bubble saying, “Enjoy lyrics on Spotify Premium,” along with a link to sign up. Spotify says putting the in-app lyrics behind a paywall is just a part of its <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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https://www.engadget.com/spotify-live-lyrics-united-states-test-ios-android-140045159.html">routine testing[/url].</p><p>"At Spotify, we routinely conduct a number of tests, some of those tests end up paving the way for our broader user experience and others serve only as an important learning,”</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Spotify's co-head of global communications, CJ Stanley, told <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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The Verge[/url]. “We don’t have any further news to share at this time.” It's possible Spotify could remove the paywall and make in-app lyrics available to all users again, but there is currently no timeline for that.</p><p>This test comes at a time when Spotify has <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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https://www.engadget.com/spotify-is-laying-off-200-employees-from-its-podcast-division-134749721.html">laid off employees from its podcast division[/url], which the company <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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https://www.engadget.com/2020-02-05-spotify-podcasts-the-ringer.html">poured quite a bit of money into[/url] in recent years. And despite raising its prices and actively working to grow its paid subscribers, it's still <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
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https://www.engadget.com/spotify-grew-far-more-than-expected-but-is-still-losing-money-121553523.html">losing significant amounts of money[/url]. Spotify's decision to experiment with the possibility of making lyrics a Premium feature shows that the company is searching for ways to get users to pay for a subscription. However, this might not be the best way to do so as some users who have noticed the change are not happy about it.</p><div id="139e9a86fc97468583ab7f5a910c9609"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT MAKE LYRICS A PREMIUM THING PLEASE
