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!? 😑

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    I don’t use Spotify anymore. But I also don’t listen to “tons of different music”. I have about 200 albums on Bandcamp and I pick up something new every couple weeks. I’m paying money, sometimes as much as a subscription, but I get to keep the music. It supports the artists. Sometimes they even send you a personal message.

    Bandcamp got bought by epic and that sucks, but they’re still the best music service I know.

    • oryx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Bandcamp hasn’t changed at all since the Epic acquisition. Yet, at least. This is from an artist’s perspective, too, as I use Bandcamp as essentially my website and main place to push people to if they want to purchase my music rather than stream.

      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Yeah I was real nervous when it first happened, but nothing has gone sour yet. I have held off some purchases until Bandcamp Friday though as a result.

        • oryx@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Same, though I typically try to only purchase on Bandcamp Friday anyway just to further support artists. I mainly use Spotify and just make Bandcamp purchases for stuff that Spotify doesn’t have, which is typically small bands, so it’s worth it to wait.

      • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        And Spotify didn’t advertise at paying users for almost a decade until, well, today.

        Not that I’m a fan of the ridiculous “I tOlD yOu sO” posturing in this thread, given that it’s been almost a decade of initially groundbreaking and later reasonably high quality service.

        One thing those commenters are right about though is: these companies will pursue profit to the bitter end and ads are a virtual inevitability for any major media platform.

    • EssentialCoffee@midwest.socialEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      I listened to 9,852 different tracks in 2022 from 3,247 different artists across 6,720 different albums.

      It’s just not feasible for me to buy them all.

      • Thermal_shocked@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Convenience and family plan is the only reason I have it. I’ve also got a local DNS server with ads blocked, so that helps. Otherwise I’d be pirating again. Have over 80k songs from back in the day, just need the newer stuff.