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"Spotify has announced that it has suspended all in-app purchases, including music downloads. The streaming giant said that the features were disabled to pave the way for improvements to the service in 2013, and assured users that pre-purchased credits and gift cards are still redeemable.  &amp;quot;We recently updated Spotify to further simplify the service and pave the way for new features announced at the end of last year,&amp;quot; said Spotify in a statement issued to TechRadar. &amp;quot;In-app purchases aren&amp;#039;t part of this update but we&amp;#039;re not ruling out their return. Credits/gift cards already purchased are still redeemable.&amp;quot; Spotify subscribers can still access existing purchases, but additional credits and new downloads will not be supported. The Swedish company confirmed last month that its user base doubled during 2012 and now exceeds 20 million subscribers, 5 million of which hold premium accounts. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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