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How to use Spotify in Ukraine and Russia. How to use Spotify in the CIS countries

To our great regret, it does not work in the CIS. The solution to this problem is simple. Read about how to use Spotify in our countries on Mac or iPhone and iPad.

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Both when registering a Spotify account and when using the service (checks take place once every two weeks), the program checks the user’s location. If your computer is located in unsupported countries (and this is almost the entire post-Soviet space), then you will not be able to use the service.

This is where VPN technologies come into play, on which the excellent TunnelBear application is based.

How to use Spotify on OS X or Windows in unsupported countries?

1 . Go to the official TunnelBear website page and download the version for PC or Mac.

2 . Install the program and run TunnelBear.
3 ON«.

4 . Register on the website, download the program for PC or Mac and run the application. Next, all you have to do is log in and use the service.
5 OFF«.

How to use Spotify on iPhone, iPod touch or iPad in unsupported countries?

1 . Open App Store and download the TunnelBear client for iOS.
Download TunnelBear for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (App Store).
2 . After the first launch, the program will ask you to accept the VPN certificate - we agree to the terms.


3 . Run TunnelBear. You can leave the country as default (United States), and switch the toggle switch to the “ ON«.

4 . Download Spotify for iPhone, iPod touch or iPad (App Store). Availability is required.
5 . Launch and log in.


6 . Turn off TunnelBear by switching the toggle switch to the " OFF«.

Why do you need to disable TunnelBear?

The thing is that the free version of TunnelBear provides 500 MB of monthly traffic for free. checks the user's location only once every two weeks when the program starts. So we turn on the service when necessary. Monthly traffic free version

TunnelBear is enough.

How to purchase a Spotify subscription in unsupported countries?
1 There are three ways to sign up for a paid Spotify subscription:
2 . Bank cards.
3 . Payment system.

The first two methods will not work due to the billing address, which will not correspond to the country of registration. Domestic bank cards are not perceived by the service as a means of payment, and if you use a fake billing address in PayPal, you can get a blocked account within a month. Gift cards They are much more expensive, and they are not so easy to get.

So in unsupported countries it is better to use in free version, and if you want to pay and enjoy full functionality, then pay attention to such music streaming services as Rdio, Deezer or Yandex.Music.

Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services. Of course, there will be many fans, for example, of the Yandex.Music service or Google Play Music. But if you decide to give Spotify a try and see why it's so popular (over 24 million users worldwide), then you'll inevitably run into one problem: using of this service not available in the CIS. Despite this, there is a very simple way to use the service. What you need to do for this, you can read under the cut.
In order to take advantage Spotify service, we will have to resort to VPN technologies, or rather, to the TunnelBear program, which will force Spotify to accept us as “one of their own”. To begin, you need to go to official page TunnelBear and download required application for Windows, Mac, iOS or .


Then you need to install the program on your computer and run it. Next, you need to set the toggle switch to the “ON” position and select any state in which Spotify operates. It is best, of course, the USA or Britain, so that there are no problems understanding the inscriptions. In addition to TunnelBear, you can use, for example, .

For Google browsers Chrome Mozilla Firefox and Opera available Hola extension, and for Internet Explorer you need to install the application. You can download the extension on the official Hola website.


After you have, so to speak, virtually changed your location to a more advantageous one in this situation, you need to go to the official Spotify website and register using your Facebook account (in this case, you no longer need to fill out a profile) or address Email. If you want to use the service for free, then do not forget to select free subscription. Availability free account gives you access to all songs, but without the ability to listen offline. In addition, you will have to deal with advertising, but they are not particularly intrusive and can be tolerated for the sake of free use.


On the same site you can download the client you need: for PC or smartphone. By the way, to download Spotify for iPhone, iPod touch or iPad from the App Store requires an American ID, since in our App Store this application No. But, surprisingly, the application itself has support for the great and mighty Russian language.


Once you've signed up, become familiar with Spotify's features, and started listening to music, you can turn off your VPN. Unless, of course, you have no need to further use it for other needs. After disabling the VPN, you can continue to listen to music on Spotify without any problems - the application will “think” that you just went abroad. But after two weeks, Spotify will remind you of itself, and you will have to connect TunnelBear again, log in and, of course, continue to enjoy the capabilities of this streaming music service. Also, the reason to disable TunnelBear is that its free version only provides 500MB of data, and Spotify only checks your location once every two weeks.

Purchasing a paid Spotify subscription

If you use Spotify for free, you may soon find that you miss some features, like downloading tracks to your device for later offline listening, or you want to protect yourself from banners and pop-up ads. In this case, the purchase paid subscription inevitably. But here, of course, there are some tricks. Let's figure it out.

For paid use of the service with all its features, you can pay with a Russian or Ukrainian card. To do this you need to do the following:

  1. Log into your account and select Subscriptions from the menu on the left. Next, you need to click the Get Premium button.
  2. After this, you need to change the country by selecting the Want to use another payment option? You can choose, for example, Malaysia, since the cost of a subscription in this country is one of the cheapest - 15 Malaysian ringitts (approximately 225 rubles or 87 hryvnia). In addition, CIS bank cards are suitable for paying for a Malaysian subscription.


However, it should be clarified that Spotify's music catalog in Malaysia is not as wide as in North America or Europe, therefore? If you are a very discerning music lover, you may end up disappointed. The probability is not particularly high, but still. In this case, you should repeat all the above operations, but choose Latvia instead of Malaysia. The subscription price will be higher, but the choice of music will also be wider. Here you will have to pay about 7 euros (167 hryvnia or 432 rubles), but this is still less than 9.99 US dollars.

In general, as you can see, use musical streaming service Spotify in Ukraine or Russia is not that difficult if you follow the instructions above. But don’t forget to use a VPN twice a week, because Spotify does not plan to officially launch its service in the CIS countries.

Do you love music? This means that you not only constantly listen to your favorite compositions, but also follow new releases from interesting artists and create separate playlists. There are many ways to listen to music online, or by downloading it from the network, but all of them are inconvenient and time-consuming. All but one. Spotify.com

BENEFITS OF SPOTIFY

Spotify.com - music service, associated with the desktop client. Its main function is to play musical compositions. To put it simply, Spotify is a giant music repository. More than 30 million compositions of various genres, and all of this is legal. But such functionality, albeit on a smaller scale, is not new, you say? Wait, because additional features services include:

Once registered, you can use the Spotify service from anywhere. All you need to do is download the application or client to your laptop, smartphone or tablet.

HOW TO REGISTER ON SPOTIFY?

Unfortunately, registration on Spotify is not available for residents of Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and some other countries. Fortunately, this rule can be circumvented.

Typically, instructions suggest registration by changing the VPN address. However, this is an incomprehensible and confusing method that may not work. There are also services that change your VPN automatically, but they usually require you to enter your email. And, of course, a whole bunch of spam will fall on her later. In addition, this method also does not provide a guarantee.

Changing VPN is inconvenient because you will have to confirm once every two weeks that you are not in a prohibited country. This means that you will again have to spend time searching and setting up.

Is it faster and easier to sign up for Spotify? Yes, if you change your proxy to American or European.

CHANGE PROXY SERVER

To implement the method, you can use free proxies“from packages” that can be found on the Internet. However, it is better if you. This is useful for several reasons:

  • This proxy is not used by anyone other than you, which guarantees complete safety and anonymity.
  • The changed proxy server will be useful to you not only for registration.
  • There will be no problem confirming your location every 2 weeks.

After the purchase you do not have to take any action additional steps on setup, and you can safely proceed to the registration itself.

If you chose free way, then first you have to find suitable utility to change server. The following programs can be recommended:

  • A4Proxy;
  • ProxyLab;
  • FastProxySwitch;
  • Platinum Hide IP;
  • other;

If you use a proxy change only to register on Spotify and do not intend to use the programs in the future, then it is easier to choose an online service, for example, the very popular TunnelBear. There you need to download the application (available not only for PC, but also for iOS and Android), then go through a simple system for registering a new user. When registration here is completed, a small window will appear at the top with a toggle switch that you need to click on. When the program notifies you of a successful connection, you can begin further registration.

HOW TO REGISTER ON SPOTIFY THROUGH CHANGING PROXIES

Let's assume you received your proxy, what next? Next you need:

  • Set up a proxy in the browser ()
  • Go to Spotify.com.
  • Click Sign Up.
  • Enter your details.
  • Click Sign Up.

You are now a full registered user.

Once you get to the main menu, you will be given the opportunity to download the application for optimal performance.

Note! Free period trial. That is, after a certain period, you will be subject to restrictions related to the number of hours listened to. To activate the paid mode, you may also need to change the proxy server.

FURTHER REGISTRATION IN THE SYSTEM

For a paid upgrade, it offers you unlimited and premium versions. There are few differences between them, so it is more profitable to choose unlimited Spotify. There are several ways to pay:

  • Buy code on Ebay.com. True, you will have to pay the amount for the year at once.
  • Pay PayPal account. To do this, you need to change the proxy to American/European, register in payment system and link a bank card to it.
  • Link Spotify account to virtual account bank card issued by one of the Internet resources.

CONCLUDING THE LINE

Spotify.com is an excellent music resource that has no analogues yet. It is unreasonable to refuse it due to registration difficulties. Moreover, if you now know how to register on it from a prohibited country in just a few minutes by changing the proxy server.

Listen to music online for free at Lately It's getting more and more difficult. Most services offer access to their music library when you sign up for a subscription. Recently the social network. At the same time, you will be able to listen to music for free only with advertising and without the ability to save it in applications for iOS and Android.

The Spotify music service is the leader among online services for listening to music. Spotify has radio, themed playlists, and curated selections that are based on the user's tastes. Spotify makes it easy to find new music or simply turn on music to suit your mood or genre. All these features are available in the free version, unlike Apple Music and Google Play Music. The most annoying limitation of the free version of Spotify is the lack of ability to download music for offline listening. Advertising in the service is not annoying - there are no casinos or sports betting here.

To start using Spotify in Ukraine and Russia you need to make a couple simple actions- install a VPN program, register an account on the Spotify website and log into Spotify via VPN once every couple of weeks.

Since the Spotify service is not officially presented in Ukraine and Russia, it does not allow IP addresses from these countries to register an account. This limitation easy to bypass using VPN:

1 - Install any VPN in order to disguise yourself as a resident of another country. I liked TunnelBear for its simplicity and fun animations. TunnelBear in the free version provides 500 MB of traffic per month, so do not forget to disable it after registering your Spotify account and installing the client.

Can also be used for VPN extension for your browser, for example Browsec (or any other):

2 - Turn on the VPN, go to spotify.com and click “Get Spotify Free”

3 - Fill out the account registration form and confirm it

4 - Install the Spotify desktop client for convenient listening to music. The client download should start automatically immediately after registering your account. Spotify also has a web version, but the desktop client is, in my opinion, more convenient and functional.

Now you can enjoy all the benefits of the best online music service Spotify in Ukraine or Russia on your computer.

To install the Spotify app on Android smartphone or the tablet will need to be downloaded APK installation file applications with third party resources(for example APKmirror), because in Ukrainian and Russian store applications Play Market he is absent. To install, you will need to enable permissions to install applications from “unknown sources” in your device’s privacy settings.

To install Spotify on iPhone and iPad, you will have to download the application from there, because... on devices Apple apps can only be installed from the official store.

Applications will work fine. To update applications, you will have to download a new APK file of the application and install it manually (after deleting previous version) for Android devices or log in to American App Store for iOS devices.

You will also have to log into your Spotify account via VPN once every two weeks due to periodic verification of the IP address.

If you decide to subscribe to Spotify to remove ads and other limitations of the free version and be able to save music in the Spotify app for offline listening, you will need to use one of the following methods:

    Top up your Spotify account gift certificate. You can purchase it in countries where Spotify is officially present, or on eBay (only buy from reputable sellers)

    Pay for your Spotify subscription via PayPal. To do this you will have to register a fake American account PayPal and transfer funds to it from your main PayPal account to which the bank card of your country is linked

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