Spotify Tests Family Plan Users With QR Code Check
Spotify is asking participants of family subscriptions to meet for verification.
Consensus
- Spotify is requiring participants in its Family subscription plan to verify they live together.
- The verification process involves scanning a QR code that changes every few seconds.
- The user and the account owner must be physically present during the QR code scan.
- Users have seven days to complete the verification after receiving a notification.
- Failure to pass the verification results in being downgraded to the free version of Spotify.
- Users who fail the verification are banned from joining another Family or Duo subscription for one year.
- Spotify also requires users to confirm their address upon joining, after a change of address, or if data cannot be verified.
- If the address is not confirmed, the user is also removed from Premium and barred from other Family or Duo plans for one year.
- Spotify states it does not track users' locations during verification.
Points of divergence
- Spotify left the Russian market in 2022, and some local users now buy access to Family subscriptions through specialized services. — tg_varlamov_news
- Users can return to their previous subscription after being removed. — tvrain
- Users who fail verification can still sign up for an individual subscription after the one-year ban. — tg_tvrain
Coverage (4 sources)
- Spotify asks family subscription members to meet for verification. They are given a week — otherwise they will be cut off from Premium — Дождь (Telegram)
- Spotify asks family subscription members to meet for verification — Дождь
- Spotify users report service requires confirmation from family subscription members that they live together. If... — Varlamov News
- Spotify began checking family subscriptions with a QR code — Московский кэш