'Greedy move': Amazon faces severe backlash over degrading Prime subscription with forced, removed song downloads
Key points
- Amazon Prime users are not happy as the e-commerce giant will soon be bringing to its popular music service while removing the option to download songs completely.
- The move comes around a year after Amazon first began bringing to Prime Video and asked existing Prime customers to instead pay for an additional subscription in order to continue viewing their favourite shows and movies without.
- The company is following a similar playbook with Amazon Music by sending existing Prime subscribers an email stating that their Prime Music experience will start to include and won't support offline downloads from 2 July next month.
- “Starting July 2, 2026, your Amazon Prime Music benefit will include and no longer support downloads.
- You'll still have access to 100+ million songs and 15+ million podcasts, on demand.
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Amazon Prime users are not happy as the e-commerce giant will soon be bringing to its popular music service while removing the option to download
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Key Takeaways
- Amazon Prime users are not happy as the e-commerce giant will soon be bringing to its popular music service while removing the option to download songs completely.
- The move comes around a year after Amazon first began bringing to Prime Video and asked existing Prime customers to instead pay for an additional subscription in order to continue viewing their favourite shows and movies without.
- “Starting July 2, 2026, your Amazon Prime Music benefit will include and no longer support downloads.
- You'll still have access to 100+ million songs and 15+ million podcasts, on demand.
- To continue listening ad-free and offline with HD and Spatial Audio, try Amazon Music Unlimited,” read an email sent by the company to its Prime customers.
📌 Source: LiveMint
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