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# A Race To The Bottom? Spotify Adds Territory, Offers Premium Subs For $3
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/a-race-to-the-bottom-spotify-adds-territory-offers-premium-subs-for-3/
- Published: 2014-04-08T09:07:01.000Z
- Updated: 2014-04-08T09:07:01.000Z
- Description: (UPDATED) Is music streaming in a race to the bottom? Spotify today launched in the Philippines with its usual free music offering. But instead of $5 – $10 or more,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/a-race-to-the-bottom-spotify-adds-territory-offers-premium-subs-for-3.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

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(UPDATED) Is music streaming in a race to the bottom? Spotify today launched in the Philippines with its usual free music offering. But instead of $5 – $10 or more, Spotify Premium costs just PHP129 or $3 USD. n Malaysia, it costs RM14.90 ($4.60). In Malaysia, Spotify Premium costs RM14.90 ($4.60).

If that's not cheap enough, Spotify has inked a deal with carrier Globe Telecom to offer its 38 million prepaid subscribers free access to Spotify through a new data plan which costs just 20 cents per day, according to [The Next Web](http://thenextweb.com/asia/2014/04/08/spotify-arrives-in-the-philippines-where-youll-pay-just-3-a-month-for-a-premium-subscription?ref=hypebot.com). That deal launches April 13.