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Re:Time to rebuild the web? by mojomark on Monday April 16, 2018 @12:22PM (#16850175)
Also as a paying premium spotify customer, I can say they still serve up ads, they're just incognito...

1.) I recently had a splash screen for a Hulu partner "free trial" membership. Turns out it's actually a bundle, but I don't want to pay more for Hulu so keep your "ads" out of my premium feed Spotify. Put it in a special offers section where I can peruse at my liesure.

https://support.spotify.com/us/account_payment_help/subscrip...

2.) My email is constantly bombarded with ads like "[pick a artist] wants to say 'thanks' with presale tickets". I already get presale with Amex. Again, these ads can be placed in a 'shows near you' section vice shoved in my email face.

No ads my hiney.

Re:Time to rebuild the web? by notriddle on Monday April 16, 2018 @02:58PM (#16851716)
> My email is constantly bombarded with ads like "[pick a artist] wants to say 'thanks' with presale tickets". I already get presale with Amex. Again, these ads can be placed in a 'shows near you' section vice shoved in my email face.

Doesn't CAN-SPAM legally require them to have an unsubscribe button on anything like that?

Re:Time to rebuild the web? by rushsteve1 on Monday April 16, 2018 @03:17PM (#16851861)
IIRC they do have an unsubscribe button, or some other opt-out method, because I know I clicked it, and I don't receive any of the aforementioned ad emails.