Spotify是播放音乐和收听播客的最佳场所之一。它在大多数平台上都有出色的应用程序，并提供创新功能和出色的音乐建议。您可以免费获得Spotify提供的大部分服务，但决定为高级服务付费会带来相当多的好处。

问题是：Spotify Premium值得吗？让我们看看付费功能是实际交出现金的最令人信服的理由。

无广告！

除非您向往无线电广播的日子，否则您不太可能喜欢播放列表被广告打断。可悲的是，Spotify在不要求钱的情况下向您提供音乐流媒体的唯一方法是销售广告。毕竟，运行一个流媒体平台^{(streaming platform)}实际上要花很多钱！

对我们来说，这是迄今为止Spotify Premium值得的最大原因。纯净^(Pure)、不间断的音乐，没有任何人试图向您出售任何东西。

控制你的音乐

免费的Spotify用户对他们收听的内容没有太多控制权。随机播放^{(Shuffle play)}是您可以访问的唯一模式，并且您只能获得有限数量的曲目跳过。这意味着您经常会听到您不喜欢的歌曲或艺术家。

高级用户可以按照他们想要的任何顺序播放他们想要的任何歌曲。您可以随心所欲地跳过曲目。这是另一个将Spotify 体验^{(Spotify experience)}从本质上是流媒体广播服务^{(streaming radio service)}转变为个人音乐播放器^{(music player)}的功能。

由于音乐是如此私人的东西，我们无法想象大多数人会喜欢被迫听他们不喜欢的歌曲^{(t care)}。这是支持溢价的一大卖点^{(selling point)}。

高品质离线播放和串流^{(Quality Offline Playback & Streaming)}

如今，我们大多数人都使用智能手机或其他移动设备来听音乐，但它们并不总是在互联网连接范围内。也许您想在公共交通工具上或度假时远离互联网听音乐。

如果您使用的是免费版的Spotify，您需要连接互联网才能继续播放音乐^{(music playing)}。使用Premium，您可以将喜爱的歌曲、专辑或播放列表下载到您的设备并在任何地方收听。

您还可以下载音乐的高品质版本，因此通常下载的音乐将提供惊人的质量和清晰度^{(quality and clarity)}。甚至流式音频也可以从Premium 处理^{(Premium treatment)}中受益。

Spotify的免费用户仅限于 96Kbps 流。这远远低于CD质量^{(CD quality)}。如果您为高级订阅付费，您可以将其一直推到 360Kbps。即使你没有一副特别好的耳机，区别仍然是白天和黑夜^{(day and night)}。获得这种更高质量的音频^{(higher-quality audio)}绝对值得。即使是非发烧友也可以很容易地听到差异。

Spotify Premium 值 9.99 美元吗？

大多数人可能不认为^{(t think)}9.99 美元是一大笔钱，但仅仅因为某些东西便宜并不意味着你应该浪费你的现金。我们认为这个价格是绝对合理的，尤其是在你每个月几乎无法以 10 美元购买一张专辑的时代。

即使在 iTunes 时代，您可以直接以数字形式^{(form outright)}购买歌曲，但您也只能得到几首单曲。因此，从纯粹的价值角度^{(value point)}来看，Spotify Premium代表了一笔不可思议的交易。您不仅可以随时收听自己喜欢的音乐，还可以发现和收听新音乐，而无需专门付费。

基本上有两个缺点，适用于所有流媒体服务。首先，如果Spotify倒闭，您将无法访问您的精选音乐收藏^{(music collection)}。其次，您无法控制服务上最终播放的音乐。这意味着您最喜欢的音乐可能会从Spotify上删除，或者一开始就不会在其上发布。鉴于价格标签^{(price tag)}，我们不认为这是一个问题，但对于个人用户来说，这些可能性可能会破坏交易。

对于其他所有人，我们认为Spotify Premium绝对物有所值，其中任何一项关键功能都在免费体验方面得到了改进，以至于价格合理。

家庭计划改变了游戏规则

虽然单用户高级计划^{(Premium plan)}的价值可能存在争议，但重要的是要记住Spotify为家庭团体提供的每用户价格要便宜得多。在撰写本文时，^{(writing and covers)}家庭计划^{(Family Plan)}的费用为 14.99 美元，涵盖六名家庭成员。如果您使用所有六个插槽，则每位用户大约需要 2.50 美元。

家庭计划^{(Family Plan)}还附带其他有趣的功能，例如共享的家庭播放列表。即使在只有两个成员的家庭中，成本的降低也是惊人的。足以改变规模以支持高级选项^{(Premium option)}。还有一个Spotify for Kids。

替代选择

Spotify^{(Spotify doesn)}不是凭空存在的，它有许多竞争对手，例如YouTube Music 和 Apple Music^{(YouTube Music and Apple Music)}。其中一些服务也有免费套餐，所以如果你想省钱但又无法应对Spotify Free的一些限制，那么值得考虑一下。

一个重要的替代方案是YouTube Music的免费版本。虽然它仍然依赖于广告，但它提供了无限的歌曲跳过^{(song skipping)}，你可以选择任何你想播放的歌曲。因此，如果您对Spotify Free^{(Spotify Free)}的主要抱怨是缺乏控制，而不是广告，那么YouTube Music Free可能是正确的选择。

另一方面，免费的YouTube Music Tier^{(YouTube Music Tier doesn)}不允许后台播放^{(allow background playback)}。因此，作为免费用户，您愿意接受哪些妥协是一个问题。

Spotify Premium值得吗？试一试

虽然我们可以整天讨论Spotify Free 与^{(Spotify Free versus)} Premium的优缺点，但最终没有什么可以替代实际使用该服务一段时间。Spotify 和任何人一样都知道这一点，这就是他们为新用户提供免费试用的原因。^{(free trial)}

通常，这些试用期至少为 30 天，但有时会提供 60 天甚至 90 天的优惠。注册试用版没有风险，所以为什么不使用一段时间的高级版^{(Premium tier)}，看看你是否认为每月支付 9.99 美元值得Spotify Free的限制和麻烦。

Is Spotify Premium Worth It?

Spotify is one of the best places to stream music and listen to podcasts. It has fantastic applications on most platforms and offers innovative features and great music suggestions. You can get most of what Spotify offers for free, but taking the decision to pay for the premium service comes with quite a few serious perks.

The question is: Is Spotify Premium worth it? Let’s look at the paid features that are the most compelling reasons to actually hand over your cash.

No Advertising!

Unless you yearn for the days of radio broadcasts, it’s unlikely that you enjoy having your playlist interrupted by advertising. Sadly, the only way for Spotify to offer music streaming to you without asking for money, is to sell advertisements. After all, running a streaming platform actually costs a lot of money!

To us, this is by far the biggest reason Spotify Premium is worth it. Pure, uninterrupted music without anyone trying to sell anything to you.

Control Over Your Music

Free Spotify users don’t have much control over what they listen to. Shuffle play is the only mode you can access and you only get a limited number of track skips. This means that you’re more often than not going to be hearing songs or artists you don’t like.

Premium users can play any songs they want, in any order they want them. You can skip tracks to your heart’s content. This is yet another feature that changes the Spotify experience from what’s essentially a streaming radio service to a personal music player.

Since music is such a personal thing, we can’t imagine the majority of people will enjoy being forced to listen to songs they don’t care for. That’s a big selling point in favor of going premium.

The Latest Music

If you care about listening to the newest music as soon as it releases, then Spotify Premium is worth it for you. While it doesn’t apply to all songs, there are some high-profile new releases that don’t become available for up to two weeks for free users.

If you mostly spend your time listening to your older favorite music, this doesn’t matter all that much. Still, it’s worth considering when making a purchasing decision.

High Quality Offline Playback & Streaming

Most of us use our smartphones or other mobile devices to listen to music these days, but they aren’t always in range of an internet connection. Perhaps you want to listen to music on public transport or when on holiday, away from the internet.

If you’re using the free version of Spotify, you’ll need an internet connection to keep the music playing. With Premium, you can download your favorite songs, albums or playlist to your device and listen to it anywhere.

You can also download high-quality versions of your music, so in general downloaded music will offer amazing quality and clarity. Even streaming audio benefits from the Premium treatment.

Free users of Spotify are limited to 96Kbps streams. That’s far below CD quality. If you pay for a premium subscription, you can push that all the way to 360Kbps. Even if you don’t have an especially nice set of headphones, the difference is still day and night. It’s absolutely worth getting access to this higher-quality audio. Even non-audiophiles can easily hear the difference.

Is Spotify Premium Worth $9.99?

Most people probably don’t think of $9.99 as a large amount of money, but just because something is cheap doesn’t mean you should waste your cash. We think that the price is absolutely justified, especially coming from a time where you could barely buy a single album each month for $10.

Even in the age of iTunes, where you would buy songs in digital form outright, you’ll only get a few single songs for the money. So from a pure value point of view, Spotify Premium represents an incredible deal. Not only can you listen to your favorite music at any time, but you can discover and listen to new music without having to specifically pay for it.

There are basically two downsides, which apply to all streaming services. Firstly, if Spotify goes out of business, you’ll lose access to your curated music collection. Secondly, you have no control over what music ends up on the service. This means that your favorite music may be taken off Spotify or never be released on it in the first place. We don’t see that as a problem given the price tag, but for individual users these possibilities may be deal breakers.

For everyone else, we think Spotify Premium is absolutely worth it, with any one of the key features improving on the free experience to such an extent that the price is justified.

The Family Plan Changes The Game

While the value of the single-user Premium plan may be debatable, it’s important to remember that Spotify offers much cheaper per-user prices for family groups. The Family Plan costs $14.99 at the time of writing and covers six family members. That’s about $2.50 per user if you make use of all six slots.

The Family Plan also comes with other interesting features, such as shared family playlists. Even in a household with only two members, the reduction in cost is dramatic. More than enough to shift the scale in favor of the Premium option. There is also a Spotify for Kids.

Alternative Options

Spotify doesn’t exist in a vacuum, it has many competitors such as YouTube Music and Apple Music. Some of these services also have free tiers, so if you’re trying to save money but can’t deal with some of the limitations Spotify Free has, it’s worth taking them into account.

A key alternative is the free version of YouTube Music. While it still relies on advertising, it offers unlimited song skipping and you can choose any songs you want to play. So if your main gripe with Spotify Free is the lack of control, rather than the adverts, YouTube Music Free might be the right choice.

On the other hand, the free YouTube Music Tier doesn’t allow background playback. So it’s a question of which compromises you’re willing to live with as a free user.