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  • gwindli@lemy.lolEnglish
    371·
    5 months ago

    spotify is a terrible company. at this point i feel like they have brand hostages rather than brand loyalty. i dont know anybody whos actually happy with the spotify experience any more.

    • makyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      131·
      5 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.socialEnglish
        51·
        5 months ago

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

        • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
          81·
          5 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.socialEnglish
            31·
            5 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.pubEnglish
              7·
              5 months ago

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

              • yuri@pawb.socialEnglish
                2·
                5 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.comEnglish
                  3·
                  5 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!