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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Coje_He for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, February 24 (Xinhua)-- Amazon raised the price of its music streaming service Amazon Music Unlimited on February 21, raising the price for non-Prime customers by $1.

Currently, the service's two non-Prime plans, Amazon Music Unlimited Individual and Amazon Music Unlimited Student, currently cost $10.99 a month and $5.99 a month, respectively, while the home subscription plan still costs $15.99 a month.

Amazon said higher prices would help it bring "more content and features" to its customers. Amazon claims that the cost of the service has risen sharply in the past three years.

Compared with January 2019, licensing costs per customer increased by 10.6 per cent, while other expenses per customer, such as infrastructure spending, increased by 41.4 per cent, the company said.

Amazon currently offers three different music services for users: Amazon Music Free for all Amazon customers, Amazon Music Prime for Prime members, and Amazon Music Unlimited.

The difference between the three services is mainly in terms of content and advertising:

Amazon Music Free is a free program, but users can only listen to on-demand lists and podcasts. Advertising is also included in the plan, and it applies only to specific Echo devices and Alexa-enabled devices, and is limited to one device.

Amazon Music Prime requires Prime membership. It includes more playlist options, more podcasts, and support for random playback. It is suitable for all devices that support Amazon Music, and is also limited to one device, but supports offline playback.

Amazon Music Unlimited can enjoy all songs, support HD, UHD and 3D audio, is also limited to one device, and supports offline playback.

In fact, as far as CTOnews.com knows, this is Amazon's second price increase in 12 months. As early as May 2022, Amazon raised the Amazon Music Unlimited price for Amazon Prime customers from $7.99 to $8.99 per month, while the price for non-Prime remained the same, with individual users at $9.99 at the time.

Music subscription prices have also risen in other regions except the United States. In the UK, the prices of the two Amazon Music Unlimited plans have also been updated to £10.99and £5.99, also up by £1, while prices in the eurozone have also risen by 1 euro.

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