Re:WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App
by Hoasi on Monday June 16, 2025 @05:06PM
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It's unclear to me how the paid Spotify experience compares with free, but you still get ads with the paid one. Also, you need to curate heavily because Spotify's algorithm will push certain types of content. If you listen to a podcast once, it is hard to get rid of it, as it will keep popping into your feed, or whatever they call their interface.
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I rage quit my Spotify subscription after my first "sponsored" in the mobile app. Some people may tolerate ads in their paid subscriptions but many of us won't.
Re:WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App
by openplatypus on Monday June 16, 2025 @05:33PM
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Omg I literally puke with Shopify ads in podcasts.
Whats the point of paid, premium service like Spotify if I keep being served those stupid, dishonest and bordeline illegally deceiving Shopify ads every 15 minutes.
Because the ad has literally nothing to do with Spotify? Podcasters can say or sell whatever.
Re:WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App
by openplatypus on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @01:06AM
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Spotify has enough power to say that podcasters should have ad free feed for premium subscribers or get deplatfromed. Obviously I would expect Spotify to pay podcasters.
The idea of paid, premium service with ads is ridiculous.
> Obviously I would expect Spotify to pay podcasters.
Are you willing to pay more for your subscription so that Spotify can also pay podcasters? Because that's what you are asking, it won't ever be able to dilute even more the royalties pot, you'd need to pay more for your subscription so that podcasters can also be paid.
Re:WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App
by openplatypus on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @04:07AM
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If I can avoid retarded Shopify ads, I would seriously consider. It would be nice change from bunch of individual Patreon subscriptions.
Just to clarify for those who might've been as confused as I was upon reading that, this seems to be a thing with podcasts on Spotify. I only ever used it for music, so I genuinely had no idea (as I am yet to encounter a single ad while listening to music in around a decade of subbed usage)