Spotify Asks Premium Users Not To Subscribe Through App Store Again

JAKARTA - Spotify has stopped allowing Premium customers to pay via Apple's App Store. The company began sending notifications via email to its customers.

"We no longer accept the billing method as a form of payment," Spotify told its customers. This means that Premium users who want to continue to subscribe to the music service can no longer pay through the App Store.

Once the customer's latest collection period ends, and if they don't change the payment method, the customer will automatically switch to ad-supported free Spotify levels.

If you want to keep subscribing to Premium, you'll have to subscribe again after your last billing period ends and your account has been transferred to a Free account," Spotify said.

Customers must choose one of the payment methods that Spotify currently supports to continue to subscribe to Premium, such as credit cards or PayPal.

Spotify has removed the ability of new subscribers who subscribe to the Premium level to do so via the App Store in 2016.

Unfortunately, the company did not explain the meaning of the latest move. It is claimed, this is because Apple often charges 30 percent of in-app purchases.

Spotify users who subscribe via in-app purchases are charged an additional $3 per month, compared to a direct subscription via Spotify, as quoted from Engadget, Thursday, July 6.