Price increase, again

For local pricing context, I live in Canada. 

We are a two person family listening little and are again confronted with a price hike. Why should a two-person family pay as much as a 4 four person family and endure the same price hikes?
I understand a streaming service cannot be for free but these prices are becoming ridiculous.
I don’t have a Netflix subscription but I looked at their prices and they are considerably cheaper. And they are a TV streaming service.
I guess you will lose a lot of subscriptions. I can pay for the subscription but I refuse too pay always more. Imagine all those people who don’t have the money anymore after those ridiculously expensive winters with high energy costs.

Same here in The Netherlands, my partner and I listen little and though I can pay it, I refuse price hikes and paying for others. Why don’t they have accounts for two people? 

You wrote that the price has increased again. What was the last time? And what are the price changes this time? From...to…?

For me it was 14,99 euros till March 2022. Then it was suddenly increased to 17,99, and now 19,99. That is almost a 25% increase in a very short time. Much more than the inflation rate anyway. And my husband and I listen at most an hour a day. So this price is really becoming ridiculous for the two of us, even if we can pay it.

I didn’t know. I just checked the new prices and indeed, 19,99 for the family and 11,99 for one user. I can understand your question regarding the duo plan, which Deezer doesn’t have. And the big green giant does. And there a duo account is 14,99.

I think the layout of Deezer is better and the sound quality, but I can understand your concern.

I was happy with Deezer when I started it years ago. 
I liked the Flow, it was always playing new songs that I liked. Now it often repeats the same pattern, playing the same songs. It has become so predictable and boring.
My husband who uses “random” with his favorites, says something similar.

The layout of Deezer was good years ago, but now has become way too crowded in my opinion.

For 20 euro’s a month I can also start buying CD’s like in “the good old times”. Sure, less choice (after all you cannot buy anything you want), but Deezer now costs about 2400 euros for 10 years. One can buy a nice collection for all that money and the best thing: That music will be yours forever. It won’t be gone when you stop the subscription.

That’s also why I don’t stream movies anymore: The movies and series I buy will always be mine and they won’t disappear before I have watched them.  

I’m the same, I bitterly contested the rise from £14.99 to £17.99 and challenged Deezer to justify the price increase. I was lazy and just left it, but I have no intention of swallowing another rise. Literally every other streaming service is cheaper, seems a bad move 🤷‍♂️

Be VERY attentive: Deezer let me know about the price increase LESS than 24 hours before the subscription renewal. 
This is scandalous, at least let your clients know a month before.
And then, when you want to cancel the subscription, Deezer offer a ridiculous 3 months with the old price, but they locate and color the buttons differently, so that if you do not pay attention, you are stuck with them for another 3 months.
Has been a long time that I have seen such a scandalous behaviour.

While they didn't increase the prices in the US, I'm already considering switching to YouTube Premium which comes with YouTube Music at $13.99, which I expect Deezer (currently at $10.99) would reach soon in the US. At least with that I still get music and the added benefit of no ads in YouTube.