I opened Spotify this morning to be greeted by a modal popup with a “sponsored recommendation”.

Why am I seeing ads if I’m already paying for the premium plan!? 😑

  • Loom In Essence@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Well at least you’re honest about not caring about the artists.

    Edit: but you could make a point of buying a couple albums per month if you listen to that much music.

    • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I generally buy merch from the small bands I like, and the rest are multimillionaires already.

      While I listen to a wide variety of music, it tends to be popular music from a wide range of times where they’ve already made a lot from it.

      But also, yes, there’s a level of convenience I’m not willing to give up. When an artist pulls their music from Spotify, I tend to just not listen to them, through no fault of their own, but it’s where I listen to everything else.

      I’m trying YouTube music out since it’s theoretically a bit better and I already pay for YouTube premium.