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Spotify allows sign-ups without Facebook account again
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 6 September 2012
Spotify is allowing users to sign up for new accounts without a Facebook log-in in a number of territories, including the UK, in what the company is calling “a small test of the user flow”.
It became compulsory to sign-up to Spotify with a Facebook account just under a year ago, after the streaming platform announced a wider alliance with the social network. The move came under some criticism, and there were rumours that Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and former Facebook funder/current Spotify advisor Sean Parker had clashed over it.
Non-Facebook-based sign-ups to Spotify were allowed in Germany back in June, and now, according to Digital Music News, that policy has been expanded to other countries, including the UK, US, France and Sweden.
But this is nothing to get too excited about, a spokesperson for Spotify told CMU: “Actually, nothing has fundamentally changed here. This was just a small test of the user flow. These types of tests are fairly standard practice, and allow us to innovate quickly, and to make sure that our users are enjoying the best possible experience”.
Well, anyway, if you were refusing to attach your Facebook account to a Spotify account, or just don’t have a Facebook login, but wanted access to all that that streaming music, you may now knock yourself out.
