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Re:Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers by surgical_fire on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @03:35PM (#47430402)
How so?

Spotify can be switched for YT Music, or Apple Music, or Deezer without any issues.

You can also just buy albums on Qobuz instead.

You can, ultimately, resort to one of the best things the internet offered since its inception - piracy.

If anything, Spotify is one of the easiest services to replace. And I say this as a paying customer.

Re:Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers by lowenbjer on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @06:08PM (#47432011)
I tried tidal for the Lossless (dont care about the 24bit, i care about no EQ and compression added to music) but i went back to spotify for their recommendation model. Its a moat for me.
Re:Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers by distances on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @07:10PM (#47432541)
I don't think lossless gives you anything other than, well, lossless compression. EQ or dynamic range compression don't really have anything to do with it.