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    24 days 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.

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      24 days 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.

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        24 days ago

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

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          24 days 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.

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            24 days 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.

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              24 days ago

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

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                23 days 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.

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                  23 days 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!

  • CramS3ndChap@sh.itjust.works
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    23 days ago

    I’m still salty about Spotify quietly removing support for my Pioneer head unit (along with others) shortly after the Car Thing came out. Luckily I took the hint and cancelled my subscription and haven’t looked back.

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    23 days ago

    Been using Deezer(competitor to Spotify) for about 6 months now. Love the hifi audio. All my songs/playlists were moved over pretty effortlessly.

    Fuck Spotify.