Many mobile carriers and internet service providers include Deezer Premium for free. For example:
Check your mobile provider’s "Benefits" or "Add-ons" section.
A Family plan costs about $17.99/month for 6 accounts. Split it with 5 friends. Your share = $3/month. That is cheaper than a coffee.
Your ARL contains all the permissions granted to your account. If you have a Free account, the ARL restricts you to low-quality MP3s (128kbps), shuffle-only listening, and skips. If you have a Premium or HiFi account, your ARL allows third-party apps and downloaders to access lossless FLAC files.
Why hackers love ARLs: Developers created open-source tools (like Deezer-Loader, Deemix, or Freezer) that bypass the official Deezer app. Instead of logging in with an email/password, these tools ask for your ARL. They impersonate your browser session to download music directly to your hard drive.
There is no such thing as a permanent free premium ARL. Deezer is not a non-profit; it is a business owned by Access Industries (valued at over $2 billion).
Deezer fights ARL abuse aggressively:
Even if you buy a "lifetime" ARL from a shady Discord dealer, it will die the moment the original subscription expires or the user changes their password.