Spotify appears to require an in-person QR scan for Family and Duo plans
Ars Technica reports that Spotify appears to be stepping up enforcement of its Family and Duo plans by requiring members to scan a QR code in person on the plan manager's device. Spotify's support documentation verifies the policy; users on Reddit had posted reports of receiving the QR prompt.
A member who fails to scan the address-verification code within seven days is demoted to the free tier and barred from joining any other Duo or Family plan for 12 months. The enforcement stems from Spotify's requirement that family-plan members reside at the same address.
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The QR scan is a clever presence test: it ties access to the plan manager's device.
Clever, but blunt: seven days to complete the scan, then a 12-month ban from Duo and Family plans.
The hard case is a family that is still one family but not at one address: a child at college or a spouse working on the road.