Los audiolibros de Spotify ahora están disponibles en un nivel independiente de $9,99, pero nadie sabe por qué

Last year saw Spotify Premium subscribers get free access to audiobooks, with members able to listen up to 15 hours per month.

The company has now launched a standalone tier for audiobooks only, but it’s entirely unclear why …

Here’s what Spotify has to say about the new service:

Starting today, the Audiobooks Access Tier provides booklovers in the U.S. with 15 hours of listening from our audiobooks catalog of over 200,000 titles for $9.99 a month. With this plan and in one app experience, listeners can continue to tune into music and podcasts on our free, ad-supported service, offering a great option for literary enthusiasts who are looking for more audiobook-specific content.

Which is fine, except … an individual Spotify Premium subscription costs $10.99 per month, and includes the same 15 hours of audiobook access. So for one dollar more, you’d get ad-free music too.

I guess if you either hate music or love ads, it saves you a dollar …