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TechCrunch Minute: Spotify’s move to paywall lyrics is putting pressure on free users

Spotify users can have access to lyrics, but it might just cost them. The music streamer has paywalled its lyrics feature in an attempt to entice more users to migrate to the paid tier. What does this tell us about Spotify’s place in the music streaming wars?

Precise details of the update are evolving but what we can say at this point is that it seems that Spotify has a new feature up its sleeve to try and get free users to convert to is paid service. Sure, it’s a little weird that Spotify is going to start putting information that is freely available online behind a paid wall, but the company is in a slightly difficult position today. But as Spotify makes a lot more money off its paid accounts than it does off free users, it can at least try to get them to upgrade.

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