Spotify Premium will now include Audiobooks

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-10-03/audiobooks-included-in-spotify-premium/

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MIDItheKID@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

15 hours a month? The average audiobook is 8 to 12 hours. This is one of those "The first hit is free" kind of deals. I guess one free book a month is better than no free books a month.

dditty@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y

I don't use Audible so this could be neat. It's not free though since you're still paying for Spotify Premium

chrisp999@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

When they first announced audiobooks I was so excited, only to realize I would have to buy individual books. Felt strange when the whole value proposition of Spotify is you don't have to buy every individual song you want to listen to. I guess sales of audiobooks were low enough they felt pressured to modify it somehow.

15 free hours a month is basically equivalent to audibles one book credit a month. Obviously I would prefer unlimited access to their whole audiobook library, but I feel like this is a decent compromise.

SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Might be nice, have to wait and see. For when ever they fell like releasing it over here. We got DJ a little while ago.

It does a bit piss me off that a Swedish company, put Sweden so far down the line of new features.

AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 2y

God I wish they'd stop. I just want music