Lyft vs Spotify: whose terms are worse?

If you have a dispute with Spotify, you must use arbitration to resolve it, rather than going to court. This means you'll have to present your case to an individual arbitrator, rather than a judge or jury.

You can't participate in a class action lawsuit against Spotify, which means you can't join forces with other users to sue the company.

Lyft owns all the intellectual property rights in the platform, and you don't have the right to use their trademarks or other intellectual property except as allowed by the agreement.

You grant Spotify a license to use any content you upload to the service, but the terms of this license are unclear.

Lyft will charge you for the services you use, and you agree to pay those charges when you use the platform.

Your paid subscription will automatically renew unless you cancel it.

If you have a dispute with Spotify, you must file a claim within 1 year of the incident.

Lyft can change the prices for their services at any time, and you agree to pay the prices that are in effect when you use the services.

Spotify can change its prices at any time, and you'll be charged the new price unless you cancel your subscription.

Lyft can change the terms of this agreement at any time, and you accept those changes by continuing to use the platform after they are made.

Spotify can change its terms at any time, so you should review them regularly to stay up to date.

If you don't like a ride, you can't get a refund - all charges are non-refundable except where the law says they have to be.

If Spotify's outage or other issue costs you money, the most you can get back is what you paid them last month.

You can only have one user account, and you can't let other people use your account or create an account on behalf of someone else.

You agree to receive communications from Lyft, but you can opt out of some messages by texting 'STOP' to the shortcode.

Lyft can use your information to improve the platform and provide services to you, and you give them permission to do so by using the platform.

Spotify may keep your data even after you've stopped using the service.

The laws of a particular jurisdiction will apply to any disputes between you and Lyft, but it's not entirely clear which jurisdiction that will be.

You must be at least 13 years old to use Spotify, or have parental consent if you're under 18.

You agree not to do certain things when using the platform, such as impersonating someone else or violating the law.