Speaking of Spotify, they apparently just updated their Terms of Use as of September 3, 2025, effective September 26, 2025. From the email I received:
> We have clarified that you may only access the version of the Spotify service available where you live at the applicable price set for that version of the service.
> We have clarified how we bill you for subscriptions and how subscriptions may be canceled.
> We have provided more information about different ways in which content may be posted or shared on the platform.
> We have also provided more information about our content policies and practices, and our personalized recommendations.
> We have included links to important user policies and guidelines for your ease of reference.
> We are making some updates to the arbitration agreement.
YouTube have done the same with the Premium subscription. From the email I received:
> We are updating the Terms of Service for YouTube Premium, YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium Lite subscriptions ('Terms'). These new Terms will be included in the YouTube Paid Service Terms of Service and will come into effect on September 26, 2025.
> We are making these changes to improve clarity and transparency regarding your subscription, including:
Clarifying our plan types.
Explaining our policies on promotional offers and accepted payment methods.
Clarifying that your subscription access should be predominantly from the country where you signed up.
Providing additional explanations and clarifications on our subscription policies.
I believe that the date may be the end of Q3 for the financial year, if I had to guess, which might explain the similar moves by both parties, though I'll admit that I'm speculating on that point. There's a lot of overlap in vested interests on Spotify and YouTube, when it comes to music especially.
It usually comes down to cost of living in the county.
Speaking of Spotify, they apparently just updated their Terms of Use as of September 3, 2025, effective September 26, 2025. From the email I received:
> We have clarified that you may only access the version of the Spotify service available where you live at the applicable price set for that version of the service.
> We have clarified how we bill you for subscriptions and how subscriptions may be canceled.
> We have provided more information about different ways in which content may be posted or shared on the platform.
> We have also provided more information about our content policies and practices, and our personalized recommendations.
> We have included links to important user policies and guidelines for your ease of reference.
> We are making some updates to the arbitration agreement.
Found some more discussion of pricing issues:
https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalnomad/comments/1n4x58f/spoti...
And this change was not called out in the email, but seems interesting to note:
https://musictechpolicy.com/2025/09/02/ai-implications-of-sp...
YouTube have done the same with the Premium subscription. From the email I received:
> We are updating the Terms of Service for YouTube Premium, YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium Lite subscriptions ('Terms'). These new Terms will be included in the YouTube Paid Service Terms of Service and will come into effect on September 26, 2025.
> We are making these changes to improve clarity and transparency regarding your subscription, including:
I believe that the date may be the end of Q3 for the financial year, if I had to guess, which might explain the similar moves by both parties, though I'll admit that I'm speculating on that point. There's a lot of overlap in vested interests on Spotify and YouTube, when it comes to music especially.
I guess it's time to cancel my youtube premium sub since it's US-based but I no longer live there and it's not available where I live now.