Spotify’s Price Hike Is a Slow Bleed
This isn’t about inflation or artists — when Spotify increases the price of Premium subscriptions, it’s about quietly tightening the grip on your monthly budget.
Three Insider Bullets
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Subscription fatigue works because familiarity dulls resistance, letting small monthly bumps slide through while your total spending keeps creeping higher.
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Playlists create behavioral gravity, turning your listening history into leverage that discourages cancellation even as the value quietly thins.
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Annual price “adjustments” reset expectations, training you to accept fewer choices at a higher cost without ever noticing the downgrade.
Why It Matters
This hits your wallet first.
Then it reshapes your options.
As Spotify raises U.S. Premium to $12.99 in February, habit turns into recurring extraction, squeezing entertainment budgets while making switching feel emotionally expensive and practically annoying.
Authority Close (“So what?”)
Streaming is becoming a lock-in economy where your attention funds the hike, and leaving always costs more than staying.
