Best music streaming service for multiple users

robfosters · 14 Feb 2018 at 13:23

Do any of the streaming services allow you to have multiple users at the same time? I want one that me and my brother can use here and also my dad can access from his account through something like an Amazon Echo.

I know the big two are Spotify and Apple Music, but are any best for what I want to do?

TheVoice · 14 Feb 2018 at 13:33

Spotify will do that:
https://www.spotify.com/uk/family/

robfosters · 14 Feb 2018 at 13:42

TheVoice said:
Spotify will do that:
https://www.spotify.com/uk/family/

Problem with that is that they all have to be living at the same address. My Dad doesn't and I'm wondering if they could pick up on that through IP addresses.

Cleisthenes · 14 Feb 2018 at 13:47

Why not just have separate accounts but share playlists with each other?

spoffle · 14 Feb 2018 at 13:47

robfosters said:
Problem with that is that they all have to be living at the same address. My Dad doesn't and I'm wondering if they could pick up on that through IP addresses.

No, they won't. People use VPNs and Spotify on their phones while out. Don't worry about it.

robfosters · 14 Feb 2018 at 13:50

spoffle said:
No, they won't. People use VPNs and Spotify on their phones while out. Don't worry about it.

That's OK then. I control my Dad's email for him, so I'll just setup a family account, invite him and register him at the same address as me. It's all the same surnames so it shouldn't look 'fishy'.

TheVoice · 14 Feb 2018 at 13:51

robfosters said:
Problem with that is that they all have to be living at the same address. My Dad doesn't and I'm wondering if they could pick up on that through IP addresses.

I don't see how, given people could be accessing via public Wifi networks, 4G etc.

As far as the T&Cs go though, I don't think you're going to find a service that openly allows people at different addresses to share an account.

robfosters · 14 Feb 2018 at 13:51

Cleisthenes said:
Why not just have separate accounts but share playlists with each other?

Because it would still have to be separate subs to have music without the ads. More expensive.

Cleisthenes · 14 Feb 2018 at 14:06

TheVoice said:
As far as the T&Cs go though, I don't think you're going to find a service that openly allows people at different addresses to share an account.

This tbh.

If companies openly allowed that then there would just be 1 person with a sub and every one else would be on it! (sounds a bit like netflix come to think of it

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robfosters · 14 Feb 2018 at 14:11

Cleisthenes said:
This tbh.

If companies openly allowed that then there would just be 1 person with a sub and every one else would be on it! (sounds a bit like netflix come to think of it )

Well yeah, my netflix sub works no problem on all the TV's here and my dads at his place. Dont see why music should be any different other than licensing complications.

TheVoice · 14 Feb 2018 at 14:21

robfosters said:
Well yeah, my netflix sub works no problem on all the TV's here and my dads at his place. Dont see why music should be any different other than licensing complications.

And so will Spotify (and they both know people will do it), but it's still against the terms on both.

It's a bit odd anyway, people used to spend £10 on a single CD yet nowadays people balk at the thought of spending the same per month on massive catalogue of music covering every genre that can be accessed from anywhere. That, and the payouts to artists are so miniscule that unless you're Ed Sheeran or Taylor Swift or whatever you're simply not going to get anything out of it.