These days, most of us have more monthly digital subscriptions than we have plants or people on our Favorites contacts. There’s that ever-increasing Netflix subscription, Amazon Prime, Spotify and Apple Music (just in case Solange drops a surprise video release), Hulu, Shudder for your genre fix, and that fucking Moviepass you can’t figure out how to cancel. As voracious digital media consumers, shouldn’t we get a god damn discount already? Thankfully Hulu and Spotify are catching the hint and offering the sweetest deal yet. If you’re a Spotify Premium subscriber, you can now get Hulu, for free.
You read that right; free, baby. According to Variety, the two services have teamed up again to offer a two good things for the price of one. Similar to last year’s bundle that offered Hulu to Spotify users for the low price of $1, now existing and new Spotify Premium subscribers are eligible for a totally free Hulu account.
OK sick, but what’s the catch? Only a limited the number of subscribers are eligible (though the exact number is unknown), so you better drop what you’re doing and claim that free Hulu account A.S.A.P. (And if you already have Hulu, go cancel it and sign up via Spotify to save a few extra bucks.) One thing to note is the free Hulu account is ad-supported—and clearly this bundle offer is a way for Hulu to drive up its ad revenue. But hey, free is free.
So what do you gotta do to make this bundle dream a reality? If you’re already a Spotify devotee, head to the “Your Services” page under your account and activate the Hulu plan. For the Spotify newbies, once you sign up you’ll get a free month of Spotify Premium and Hulu before being billed $9.99 per month afterwards. It’s a killer deal, and now you can watch PEN15 while listening to the very excellent and nostalgic PEN15 soundtrack on Spotify (which, by the way, is a playlist that exists. You’re welcome).
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Sucks that the premium family subscribers can’t get the Hulu bundle
One thing to note is the free Hulu account is ad-supported—and clearly this bundle offer is a way for Hulu to drive up its ad revenue. But hey, free is free.And, I just lost my boner. I’ll stick with paying for Hulu if I means I don’t have to be interrupted with their crazy repetitive ads ever again. My first two or three months with Hulu was the one with ads and it suuuuuuucked.
My wife is the same way. It doesn’t bother me, but I’m also too addicted to my phone to make it through a 30 minute show so ad breaks are perfect.
I seem to be incapable of tuning them out and the Hulu ones are all the same, over and over and over. Lucky you that you can distract yourself enough to ignore them!
The thing I hated about ad supported Hulu was that the ads were always crystal clear and properly buffered, but the actual content was suddenly low res and stuttering most of the way through. Pay for the ad free though? No more problems
It doesn’t look like it allows you to have both a Premium Family Plan and free Hulu.
This discovery was my sad trombone of the day.
Yep, just found that out on Spotify 🙁
Yes, this offer does not apply to subscribers that are on the Family plan.
This offer is only for regular or stand alone Premium subscribers.
I know…I have Spotify family and that just sucks. Oh well, I guess less TV is better than more (says the guy on AV Club).
I already share both a Spotify premium family plan and Hulu account with 4 people. We each pay 5 bucks a month total for both. Group sharing is the best way to subscribe to things
Also a very clear violation of their TOS
Fuck em
I mean, it works until they drop the banhamner on you, and then it doesn’t.
Ok, narc.
I already had the Spotify premium and Hulu bundle that was $12.99. I just checked and it says my next renew price is $9.99 so they must be applying this to current subscribers as well.Honestly the ads on Hulu are not that bad. The worst is the repetitiveness of the same ones over and over.
I’m tempted to do this, but the extra three bucks we spend to get rid of ads is probably the best spent three dollars ever.
AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaand done. Thanks.
But what if I already have Spotify Premium and Hulu Live?
Too bad it doesn’t work the other way ‘round. I’d love to add Spotify to my Hulu.
You might be able to cancel your Hulu subscription, subscribe to Spotify, then get a new Hulu subscription.
I mean, yes, but then I’d have to settle for commercials. I’d rather just drop a few bucks extra every month to tack on Spotify.
Fair enough. It wasn’t the most elegant solution, but I figured I’d throw it out there.
It was a good suggestion!
Still not worth signing up for Spotify.
is this a paid advertorial or what? gross. i don’t care if this is about a free product. this reeeeeks.
“Thankfully Hulu and Spotify are catching the hint and offering the sweetest deal yet.”“so you better drop what you’re doing and claim that free Hulu account A.S.A.P.”
“So what do you gotta do to make this bundle dream a reality?”
And if you’re Canadian, Hulu asks you to keep on go fucking yourself.
anybody know if you can get the commercial free hulu if you pay the difference?
hulu was sweet back in the day when it was free for everyone and ad supported
Seems like a weak attempt at pre-empting Apple Music/Media/TV/News bundle that’s coming up on March 25.
So… not free.
As as a Canadian Spotify Premium subscriber, this pretty much sucks. Can’t even find the right page where it would be to claim an American account for when I’m down there, and Hulu wouldn’t work up here anyhow outside of using a VPN