Criticism of Spotify after its release, citing that all music on Spotify is available to both paid and free users. Coldplay previously delayed their album "Ghost Stories" from all streaming services for four months after CD, vinyl and download release, and did the same with its earlier album "Mylo Xyloto". Beyoncé's self-titled album was not available until 24 November 2014, nearly a year after its original release. Adele's "21" was not initially available on Spotify, as Adele wanted Spotify to make her album available to paid subscribers only, but not to free users. Spotify declined her offer to avoid creating separate catalogues for
Criticism of Spotify time the artist removed his albums from competing services, following the release of his debut album "Reasonable Doubt", and later "The Blueprint". In August 2015, Spotify changed its privacy policy. The change included the following paragraph: With your permission, we may collect information stored on your mobile device, such as contacts, photos, or media files. Local law may require that you seek the consent of your contacts to provide their personal information to Spotify, which may use that information for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy. Gordon Gottsegen of "Wired" wrote that the changes were "ridiculous", and compared Spotify