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Spotify (after years) still doesn't exist in the country I live in. Google Play (after years) still doesn't exist in the country I live in. Apple Music has be

Spotify (after years) still doesn't exist in the country I live in. Google Play (after years) still doesn't exist in the country I live in. Apple Music has been available from day one. They also have country-specific pricing, instead of expecting the right price for Americans to be the right price for a developing country.

a012 9y ago
This. Definitely, only Apple music and Tidal accept world wide subscribers. We (third world countries) also have internet and valid credit cards to buy whatever we want as like US citizens, what make others discriminate regions?
- fnordsensei 9y ago
  Can't speak for Google or Apple, but I know that Spotify's entry into a country is largely dictated by rights holders. They themselves would like to offer everything to everyone, of course.
  - nasso 9y ago
    Its directed by spotifys ability to negotiate with rights holders.
    - dx034 9y ago
      Not sure if the unavailability of Spotify in Botswana is due to right holders. Think it's just not high on their priority list.
    - EADGBE 9y ago
      I always considered most of these decisions to come from accounting/taxes/different currency. Getting to play the "well what about digital rights" seems like a cop-out for the previously mentioned reasons. It would anyways in my accounting department.
ashraymalhotra 9y ago
This. This is the only reason I continue to tolerate Apple Music. My job requires me to travel extensively across countries. With Apple Music, I can be assured that music in my playlists works across countries. When am in the US, I honestly find YouTube Music to be the best (probably since it has a lot of my listening data already hence gets the prediction accurate). But Apple Music still remains the only music subscription I pay for.
- robert_foss 9y ago
  If you pay for Spotify in a region, the selection should be the same wherever you physically are.
slezyr 9y ago
Try Deezer it might also work in your country
- freddie_mercury 9y ago
  Deezer costs twice as much as Apple Music in my country. Like so many web services they set a price for Americans and then think it will work for other countries with very different income levels.
snowwolf 9y ago
A slight loophole - If you can find a way to pay your Spotify subscription through a supported country (e.g. US card/billing address), then there are no restrictions on where you use it[1], unlike Netflix for example who do geo blocking. [1] https://support.spotify.com/is/using_spotify/system_settings/travel-with-spotify/ https://support.spotify.com/is/using_spotify/system_settings...

a012 9y ago

This. Definitely, only Apple music and Tidal accept world wide subscribers. We (third world countries) also have internet and valid credit cards to buy whatever we want as like US citizens, what make others discriminate regions?

fnordsensei 9y ago
Can't speak for Google or Apple, but I know that Spotify's entry into a country is largely dictated by rights holders. They themselves would like to offer everything to everyone, of course.
- nasso 9y ago
  Its directed by spotifys ability to negotiate with rights holders.
  - dx034 9y ago
    Not sure if the unavailability of Spotify in Botswana is due to right holders. Think it's just not high on their priority list.
  - EADGBE 9y ago
    I always considered most of these decisions to come from accounting/taxes/different currency. Getting to play the "well what about digital rights" seems like a cop-out for the previously mentioned reasons. It would anyways in my accounting department.

ashraymalhotra 9y ago

This. This is the only reason I continue to tolerate Apple Music. My job requires me to travel extensively across countries. With Apple Music, I can be assured that music in my playlists works across countries. When am in the US, I honestly find YouTube Music to be the best (probably since it has a lot of my listening data already hence gets the prediction accurate). But Apple Music still remains the only music subscription I pay for.

robert_foss 9y ago
If you pay for Spotify in a region, the selection should be the same wherever you physically are.

slezyr 9y ago

Try Deezer it might also work in your country

freddie_mercury 9y ago
Deezer costs twice as much as Apple Music in my country. Like so many web services they set a price for Americans and then think it will work for other countries with very different income levels.

snowwolf 9y ago

A slight loophole - If you can find a way to pay your Spotify subscription through a supported country (e.g. US card/billing address), then there are no restrictions on where you use it[1], unlike Netflix for example who do geo blocking. [1] https://support.spotify.com/is/using_spotify/system_settings/travel-with-spotify/ https://support.spotify.com/is/using_spotify/system_settings...