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Spotify is mad at the French government and taking it out on users
Spotify said on Thursday it will raise its subscription prices in France in response to a new tax designed to support the nation’s music industry. CEO Daniel Ek wrote an open letter denouncing the tax, which France’s government passed in December.
The streaming service hasn’t yet said how high the price hike will be, other than teasing, “French users will now pay the highest subscriptions across the European Union.” Instead, it’s waging a public pressure campaign, including Ek painting the tax as an unnecessary government money grab that only partially funds the music industry. “This tax will generate approximately 15 million euros, when the CNM’s administrative budget (office fees, personnel, capital expenditure, media monitoring or professional training etc.)
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