Users will then have the option to upgrade to a Premium account by logging into their account at. Users notified by email will automatically move to a Free account from their next billing cycle. “We recently began notifying a small number of users that a legacy payment method, that their Premium account is attached to, is being deprecated. Spotify confirmed this move in a statement.
Variety, which first spotted the change, noted that the music streaming company recently started emailing users using the App Store as their payment method. They will then have to purchase a paid plan through the website.
The users paying through that mechanism will be moved to a free account at the end of their current billing cycle. Existing Spotify subscribers who have been paying for the service through Apple’s App Store can no longer pay using this method.
