Spotify Premium Cancelling System under Maintenance. Is it a contingency plan?

Probably not. Spotify's main audience is the US, and a lot of times the tech department ("system maintenance") is basically completely divorced from the corporate lawyers responsible for contract talks. For a service like this, a major maintenance shut-down involving the payment system would be scheduled days or even weeks in advance (why do you think it happened on the last of the month US and at night on the Eastern Seaboard? It was scheduled), not a knee-jerk reaction to contract negotiations.

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Probably not. Spotify's main audience is the US, and a lot of times the tech department ("system maintenance") is basically completely divorced from the corporate lawyers responsible for contract talks. For a service like this, a major maintenance shut-down involving the payment system would be scheduled days or even weeks in advance (why do you think it happened on the first of the month US and at night on the Eastern Seaboard? It was scheduled), not a knee-jerk reaction to contract negotiations.

So, if the corporate dudes on top ordered the IT guys to make the service unavailable to avoid unsubscribes, would they ignore them and say "hey this isn't on our schedule"? Or would they promptly do it cuz their jobs are on the line?

honestly I dont see any reason to cancel spotify and try to move all ur shit over unless u mostly listen to kpop which I dont. I'm staying right where I am lol

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So, if the corporate dudes on top ordered the IT guys to make the service unavailable to avoid unsubscribes, would they ignore them and say "hey this isn't on our schedule"? Or would they promptly do it cuz their jobs are on the line?

Spotify has a LOT more artists than just kpop. If they're taking subscribers' money and not letting them unsub for non-crucial technical reasons, they risk backlash from some HUGE artists, and even potential legal consequences from both fans whose money got taken and companies whose artists receive fan-feedback or backlash. So yes, these things don't get done arbitrarily. (Plus spotify's global headquarters are in Stockholm Sweden, where it is about 2 am right now. It is a rare corporate contract lawyer who works at 2 am. Trust me on this one.)

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So yes, these things don't get done arbitrarily.

Ok, if you say so

what type of people ONLY listen to kpop??

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what type of people ONLY listen to kpop??

80 to 90% of what I listen is only kpop, I don't use Spotify, just regular yt, so I wasn't directly affected, but I understand how people that relied (and some that paid) for the service just felt when they took it all away

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80 to 90% of what I listen is only kpop, I don't use Spotify, just regular yt, so I wasn't directly affected, but I understand how people that relied (and some that paid) for the service just felt when they took it all away

I mean, the app is called spotify, not kpopify. They never promised to keep your kpop faves on their site.

I don't know what happened still.

Oh well, I don't really use Spotify that often anyway...

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I mean, the app is called spotify, not kpopify. They never promised to keep your kpop faves on their site.

But they could at least warned the users, it really seems a malicious move on Kakao's part, just pulling everything out

Its like you rented someone's house, and one day the landlord comes to you and say "this is a house, not a 5 star resort" then he removes the heating system, the floor tiles, and all the paintings, you complain but he answers you "you rented a house to sleep, not to feel comfortable", wouldn't you be also angry? Or would you agree and thank him for the changes that you don't like?