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  • @makyo@lemmy.world
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    126 months ago

    It was really hard to pull off the bandage but I finally did it. It was really death by 1000 cuts but the last one for me was when they started injecting ads (not the baked-in ads, mind you) into podcasts. Apparently paying for Spotify to remove ads to them only meant removing ads from the music. To insult their users like that was enough for me.

    • @yuri@pawb.social
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      46 months ago

      I believe ads in podcasts are the doing of the folks making the podcast, not spotify.

      • @jonne@infosec.pub
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        76 months ago

        No, what GP means is that some podcasts have an ad break, and Spotify will inject ads relevant to your region/demographic, even if you pay for premium.

        This isn’t the host reading copy from their sponsors which, fair enough, would be hard to strip out in many cases.

        • @yuri@pawb.social
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          26 months ago

          Yeah see I was under the impression that it’s still the show’s choice, like if you don’t have sponsor deals you can just let spotify inject ads and get paid for that instead.

          • @jonne@infosec.pub
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            76 months ago

            But we’re paying for no ads. Spotify could give them a slice of the premium money.

            • @yuri@pawb.social
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              26 months ago

              That’s honestly a good idea, but I reckon they’d probably give em a real shit rate like they already do with artists.

              The thing that really gets my goat is getting a fucken full screen ad for some random mainstream new release.

              • @AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                36 months ago

                the full screen ads for irrelevent (to you) music is one of my biggest gripes. Spotify i’ve never listened to a Taylor Swift song in my life, i don’t give a shit if she has a new album and you know that!