Users of Spotify's free ad-supported tier are turning to sites such as Reddit and other social networks to share the news that song lyrics are being put behind a paywall: a message is popping up to say "there's a monthly limit on lyrics... every time you tap 'show lyrics' it will count towards your limit. To get full access to lyrics, switch to Spotify Premium".
The limits appear to be in test mode, because different users are getting different messages and most aren't getting them at all, but Spotify isn't denying that the lyrics are going to become a paid feature. Speaking to TechCrunch, a spokesperson gave a non-denial: Spotify's features can vary over time between markets and across devices.
