eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoSpotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages.podnews.netexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down18
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minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down2·14 days agoWait - they pay . . . for “Premium” . . . and still have fucking ads? lol
minus-squarejoe@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·14 days agoThey’re talking about the ads in podcasts put there by the podcasters. Not ads put there by Spotify.
minus-squareabbadon420@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 days agoI have premium family, but the only ads I hear are the ones that creaters put in themselves. I don’t mind those as much. Edit: what joe said
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·14 days agoIts akin to paying for a movie and being pissed off that Mercedes paid to have their car in it. The people we are listening to have sponsors and deals. I would prefer they didnt but it is what it is.
Wait - they pay . . . for “Premium” . . . and still have fucking ads?
lol
They’re talking about the ads in podcasts put there by the podcasters. Not ads put there by Spotify.
I have premium family, but the only ads I hear are the ones that creaters put in themselves. I don’t mind those as much.
Edit: what joe said
Its akin to paying for a movie and being pissed off that Mercedes paid to have their car in it.
The people we are listening to have sponsors and deals. I would prefer they didnt but it is what it is.