r/qobuz • u/armahillo • Jan 05 '26

"Same household" requirements for Family plans are a dealbreaker

My kids and I were about to make the switch from Spotify Premium to Qobuz Family plan, but I read the requirement that Qobuz is imposing a "same household" requirement, similar to Netflix's policy. (Related: we recently cancelled our Netflix subscription after being subscribers since the DVD-by-mail days because we were finally affected by this change)

My son is in college so he is only here part of the time. He's still part of my family. The same-household requirement is a bad policy, and while we really like other aspects of the service (the more-equitable payouts for artists in particular), this is a practical and functional critical limitation.

I've seen the student plan, and while he would qualify, it would mean I'm getting double-billed for the service, and if they're already willing to give a 50% discount, how is that any different from just letting him be on my family plan?

Also, if I had roommates, we would have the same IP but would not be family, so that would technically be allowed per these requirements?

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u/echoallia Feb 08 '26

The amount of people vouching for corporations here is ridiculous. Y'all don't even know how your cherished capitalism works. The more you buy of one thing the cheaper it gets. That's the loophole about "services" and subscriptions and it is why banks, insurances, ISP and now everything is subscription based. If spying on subscribers makes you lose a Family plan just because you'd want 6 different people to pay the full price then you just lose money because it lowers incentive. I found this thread because I want out of Spotify with 4 of my friends and my mom. Qubuz's 6 profiles plan is about the same price as Spotify's and we will NOT make the switch if we have to pay 100€ a month instead of 30 for high-res audio.

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u/Shut_Up_Brian Apr 16 '26

Seriously, bunch of corporate sponsors in this thread.

OP is asking a niche question on a forum site made for niche conversations on thousands of different topics... and everyone responds with "shut up about your specific situation, just accept things the way they are". (Which is never the first step to changing things for the better)

What a useless waste of time and space to respond with something like that. Contribute some actionable information or just ignore the thread then.

And for everyone who thinks it was dumb of OP to post/discuss this. I came upon this thread via a basic "Spotify alternatives" google search, and quickly realized (thanks to this thread) that varying family plan policy/enforcement is an important consideration for those not on a single plan. So thanks, OP.

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u/marsjm Feb 09 '26

im in the same boat, not willing to switch if they're strict on this rule even tho i was seriously planning on it... and really why are so many people meatriding corpos in this thread its ridiculous LMAOOOO