Spotify can increase your subscription price and will notify you in advance. If you keep using Spotify after the new price takes effect, you are considered to have agreed to pay the higher price. You must cancel before the change takes effect if you do not want to pay the new price.
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This provision authorizes price changes to recurring subscription fees with advance notice, and establishes continued use of the service as deemed acceptance of the new price, placing the obligation on the user to cancel before the effective date to avoid the higher charge.
Interpretive note: The document states Spotify will communicate price changes 'in advance' without specifying a minimum notice period, creating uncertainty about whether the notice mechanism satisfies jurisdiction-specific automatic renewal law requirements.
Paid Subscription users who do not cancel before a price change takes effect will be charged the new, higher subscription fee, as the agreement treats continued use as acceptance of the price change. Users must actively cancel via account settings before the next billing period to avoid the increased charge.
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"Spotify may from time to time make changes to Paid Subscriptions, including recurring subscription fees, the Prepaid Period (for periods not yet paid), or Codes, and will communicate any price changes to you in advance. Price changes will take effect at the start of the next subscription period following the date of the price change and, by continuing to use the Spotify Service after the price change takes effect, you will have accepted the new price. If you do not agree to a price change, you can reject the change by unsubscribing from the applicable Paid Subscription prior to the price change going into effect.Excerpt from Spotify's Terms and Conditions
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Automatic price change acceptance through continued use provisions interact with FTC guidance on negative option marketing and subscription billing practices, including the FTC's Negative Option Rule, which imposes disclosure and consent requirements for …
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This provision authorizes price changes to recurring subscription fees with advance notice, and establishes continued use of the service as deemed acceptance of the new price, placing the obligation on the user to cancel before the effective date to avoid the higher charge.
Paid Subscription users who do not cancel before a price change takes effect will be charged the new, higher subscription fee, as the agreement treats continued use as acceptance of the price change. Users must actively cancel via account settings before the next billing period to avoid the increased charge.
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