'Four years too late': after a 5-year wait for Spotify Lossless, ex subscribers are reacting and it's not good

Date:
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Description:
Spotify Lossless is on the way, but some users are still waiting for the arrival of features that have been around for years.

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Its been a long time coming, but Spotify Lossless is finally here, announced by the company via a post on its For the Record blog .

At long last, lossless audio is coming to Spotify , rolling out gradually
over the coming weeks to Premium users and to a further 50 markets in
October. To keep listening options open, Spotifys original Low, Normal, High, and Very High audio quality settings are here to stay.

Theres no doubt that this year has been one of Spotifys biggest yet, which
has seen the addition of a lot of neat features from its Upcoming Releases
hub right up to the recent addition of its Mix function . But Spotify
Lossless is by far the biggest one this year and the most important in the history of the music streaming service .

Spotify Lossless has been five years in the making you heard that right so naturally, users are swarming the internet to share their thoughts. While
some are excited to welcome the arrival of the upgraded audio quality, others have reacted differently and its not as positive as you think. Comment from r/audiophile Again with the select markets

Right off the bat of Spotifys big announcement, users have been quick to
point out the limitations that may come with the new lossless audio option, addressing Spotifys decision to limit region availability. As per Spotifys post, the company states the following:

Lossless is rolling out gradually to more than 50 markets through October. Premium subscribers in Australia, Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, the US, and the UK have already started to get access.

This isnt the first time that Spotify has decided to region-lock a new
feature (it was the same case with Mix). Naturally, this has birthed an outpour of frustration Comment from r/truespotify

As well as accusing Spotify of being western-centric, the vagueness of the announcement is another reason why users are puzzled, mainly because Spotify is gatekeeping its list of countries where Lossless will be available.
Comment from r/truespotify I still dont have AI DJ

Region-locking is one thing, but releasing one new feature after the next
when a function as basic as AI DJ still isnt available in some countries is another.

Much like the response to Spotifys audio-mixing tool, the reaction to
Lossless has resulted in users noting the absence of certain features in
their region, such as Messages and even AI DJ, which has been around since early 2023. Comment from r/truespotify

At first, it seemed as though this was an endeavor for individual users and not necessarily related to specific markets, but more users have jumped on
the bandwagon, sharing similar experiences which leads us to think that market availability does, in fact, affect the accessibility of certain
Spotify functions.

Even Spotify subscribers in Sweden still dont have access to some features
an almost comical display of irony. Comment from r/truespotify

Its difficult to tell how the rollout of Spotify Lossless will go ahead,
given the companys history of blocking access to specific regions, but since its Spotifys biggest switch-up yet, wed hope that they take this rollout more seriously, lest paying members make the switch to Apple Music . You might
also like Spotify Lossless is way overdue and very welcome if you have the hardware to hear it Spotify is offering three months of Premium for free heres how to get it, plus 3 other ways to score a free Spotify trial Ive been using Spotifys new answer to Apple Musics AutoMix here are 5 of your biggest questions answered



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