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Spotify is now allowing free users to select and play specific songs, a feature previously limited to subscribers, although with some restrictions like an 'on-demand time' limit. This change aims to enhance the experience for its large free user base ahead of the holiday season and increased ad revenue periods.
Spotify is enhancing its free tier by allowing non-paid users to pick and play any song, share songs, and search instantly, but with a daily limit on on-demand listening and skips, while Premium users remain unrestricted.
Spotify has lifted restrictions on its free tier, allowing non-paying users to search, play, and share specific songs, though with some limitations such as a daily on-demand time limit and ads. This change addresses a major frustration for free users who previously could only shuffle songs, making the platform more competitive with rivals and encouraging social sharing.
Spotify is enhancing its free tier by allowing users to search and play any song, share tracks on social media, and select specific songs to play, aiming to increase engagement and ad revenue, while maintaining some premium-only features.
OpenAI is now offering its Projects feature to free ChatGPT users, allowing them to organize chats, set custom instructions, and reference multiple files, with increased limits for file uploads. This move continues OpenAI's trend of gradually making premium features accessible to all users to encourage upgrades, and the feature is available on web and Android, with iOS coming soon.
Free ChatGPT users can now access custom GPTs and other features previously exclusive to paid subscribers, such as data analytics and chart creation. However, they cannot create their own custom GPTs and will revert to GPT-3.5 after reaching message limits. Paid users still benefit from fewer message limits and other advantages.
NVIDIA's GeForce Now will start showing pre-roll ads to free users, with up to two minutes of video sponsorship messages before each gaming session while in queue, in an effort to support the free service and reduce wait times. The change will affect free users who get one hour of gaming at no cost but have to wait in queue after their session ends. NVIDIA's recent surge in value has made it the third most valuable company in the US and the fourth worldwide, with an 80 percent share in the high-end chip market.
Evernote has officially announced that free users will now be limited to 50 notes and one notebook, a significant reduction from the previous allowance. This change is part of Evernote's efforts to encourage users to upgrade to their paid plans, which offer more features and storage options. The decision has received mixed reactions from users, with some expressing disappointment and considering alternative note-taking apps.
Evernote will limit new and existing free users to a maximum of 50 notes and one notebook starting December 4th, prompting heavy users to consider paying for a premium plan or switching to another note-taking platform. While existing notes and notebooks can still be viewed and edited, creating new ones will require deleting existing content. Evernote claims that the majority of free users won't be affected, but those who heavily rely on the free version may encounter the new limits. The changes come after Evernote's acquisition by Bending Spoons and recent layoffs.