Lol why would anyone use this? When having an entertainment service I absolutely don't want to be bothered by that service to make me worry or stress me out. The missed check in sounds way to easy for a family that shouldnt even be thinking of this stupid stuff and the outcome of a year ban for something so simple sounds outrageous.

Just seems like another way to push people away from your product.

It did mention the qr code only lasts a few seconds so its impossible to share, but you should still be able to do a video call and have them scan it so theres still a way around it.

Spotify has detailed the procedure on its support page, explaining that Family plan members may need to “verify they live with the plan manager by scanning a QR code”.

So is it a family plan or a "lives in the same house" plan? My sister is my family, and therefore on my family plan, but she doesn't live in the same house as me.

Why are these companies so stingy? It's pathetic.

Are you saying you can export data from Spotify, like playlists, and import them into another platform? I haven't heard of this before. Got a link?

Havent used Spotify for years. Bought music on Bandcamp and some other sources, play it drm free.

These companies really hate having customers, huh?

Banned for a year,plenty of time to find an alternative.

I left Spotify 18 months ago and couldn’t predict how leaving that platform would make me rediscover my enjoyment for music.

I wrote about it here:

https://lukecyca.com/2025/listen-to-music-like-its-2005.html

Does this apply worldwide?

As much as I hate Spotify and would like to move to another service all the other services have trash libraries that dont include all the niche stuff I want.

I'll continue to keep paying Spotify for as long as I can continue to keep ripping as much music as I'd like from them to keep expanding my library and sharing with soulseek.