If you don’t agree, you fly

The WhatsApp fiasco around the new terms and conditions is repeated at Spotify. The music streaming service has started kicking customers who don’t want to agree to the new terms. Spotify does offer an alternative, but it doesn’t bring any annoyed subscribers either.

Spotify: Termination in the event of contradiction in terms and conditions begins

When services new terms and conditions then it can end in real chaos. What WhatsApp has had to experience for a long time is now also ahead of Spotify. It was announced in May 2021 that new terms and conditions would be introduced. Now the first subscribers to the music streaming service are realizing how serious Spotify is.

Anyone who has not yet agreed to the new terms and conditions and has lodged an objection will just receive an important email from Spotify. It briefly explains that customers will soon no longer be able to access Spotify. Spotify terminates the contractual relationship as of September 30, 2021.

One possible alternative one offers. In the email it says: “You are of course free to register as a Spotify user again at any time”. What is not mentioned, however, is the fact that the new terms and conditions have to be agreed to when registering again. So there is no real way out if users would like to continue listening to music via Spotify under the old conditions (source: Caschy’s blog).

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Spotify: New terms and conditions describe price increases

But where is the problem with the new terms of Spotify? The main reason why they do not go down well with users is because the service is one of them possible price increase Could push through easier in the future. In the event of increased costs for content or the IT infrastructure, Spotify now reserves the right to pass these on directly to subscribers without any detours.