Amazon is increasing the price of the music streaming service Music Unlimited, as the company has now announced*, in order to “[offer] the service with the usual quality”. Individual memberships, student tariffs and family memberships are affected by the price changes.
Amazon calculates price increases
Amazon is already notifying customers by email about the upcoming price increases on February 21, 2023. Amazon cites the significant increase in costs over the past three years as the reason for the price increase. Licensing costs have risen by 10.6 percent per customer and personnel and infrastructure costs by as much as 41.4 percent per customer. The costs, which have increased by around 17 euros per customer and year since 2019, therefore lead to a price increase of 20 euros per year for family membership, from which Amazon receives exactly these 17 euros, but the remaining 3 euros are deducted as VAT.
< h2 class="text-width text-h2" id="section_existing-customers_will_be_changed_to_extension">Existing customers will be changed to renewal
The price increase also affects existing customers with current contracts, they will be switched to the next billing period. An annual membership that has just been extended will initially continue to run unchanged and will only become more expensive with the next renewal.
11 instead of 10, 6 instead of 5 and 17 instead of 15 euros
The individual membership for Amazon Music Unlimited* previously cost EUR 9.99 and is now being increased to EUR 10.99. The student rate for Amazon Music Unlimited previously cost EUR 4.99 and will be increased to EUR 5.99. With family membership for Amazon Music Unlimited, on the other hand, the price has changed from EUR 14.99 to EUR 16.99 per month or from EUR 149.00 to EUR 169.00 per year.
At EUR 10.99, Amazon Music Unlimited will again cost the same as Apple Music and Deezer Premium, while Spotify Premium, YouTube Music and Tidal HiFi are available for EUR 9.99.
It is not yet known how and whether the prices for individual memberships will also change for Prime subscribers. They currently pay EUR 8.99 per month or EUR 89 per year for Music Unlimited. Amazon Music Prime is also available to Prime members, which can be used to play music from the streaming service at no extra charge, but only in shuffle mode
Unlimited customers have had it since May 2021 integrates the advantages of the former Amazon Music HD for Amazon Music at no extra charge, so you can stream music in hi-fi quality without having to pay an extra charge.
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