5 ms·

I've told this before but I haven't used pandora since they wouldn't stop playing me ashley madison ads even after I complained to support about it. They said t

I've told this before but I haven't used pandora since they wouldn't stop playing me ashley madison ads even after I complained to support about it. They said they only played ads that network tv would run. Every other ad for 6 months was asking me to cheat on my wife. We all know how that went.

nradov 10y ago
You know you can eliminate the ads for $3 a month, right? It's pretty cheap compared to the other streaming services.
- withdavidli 10y ago
  You're likely talking to the wrong user base. There's a reason why ads business models work, people rather deal with ads than pay anything. Though your suggestion would solve one set of problems, it doesn't solve the fact that it was an inappropriate ad with a crappy response from the company if true. Guess network tv allowed, includes those 2am ads.
  - grogenaut 10y ago
    I guess. We actually talked on the phone. When the lady said that to me I said, "Are you seriously trying to make that claim." Silence. Then she made some non-apology and ended the call.
- grogenaut 10y ago
  You know this was not yesterday but in 2010 right? IIRC it was like 70$ for premium. You know the radio and their competitors were free back then right, and the radio had less ads? I had actually paid previously but they screwed up my account a few times, I forget the details. Now I get prime music with my prime account and a bunch of other stuff including video for $9 a month. I thought it was pretty dumb to pay for a service where I couldn't pick what I wanted to hear. I also didn't play for XM at $10 a month when it came out.
  - theflyingkiwi42 10y ago
    In 2010 it was $40 per the year, or about $3.33 per month. Ridiculously cheap in my opinion. Yes, not a great response however the time value of calling in to complain easily exceeds $40.
    - Symbiote 10y ago
      > the time value of calling in to complain easily exceeds $40. Fortunately, at least some people value their principles more than their time.
      - brogrammernot 10y ago
        How exactly is that a principle? He wasn't forced to listen to the ads, he was able to pay to have ads removed. His principle was that he found the ad unpleasant and didn't want to hear it anymore. I'm all for fighting for what you believe is right but it's a bit exaggerated when you're aren't forced to use the service, can pay for the service to remove ads and yet you claim to stand on principle. If you were standing on principle, you would refuse to use Pandora because they are funded by an "unsavory" company and not just call to say you didn't like the ads playing on the free service that they're providing to you.
        grogenaut 10y ago
        stopping using them without telling them why is pretty in-effective. They turned the campaign off a few weeks later.
    - grogenaut 10y ago
      You're right on the price I was going off memory. I actually value the entertainment of being disgruntled with a product sometimrs and talking to CS about it. I actually value new experience even if it's not really please tell. I was deposed once on pretty easy terms and thought it was very interesting. And that $40 saved apparently got me 40 hacker news points as well ;).
deleted 10y ago
[deleted]
kcanini 10y ago
> Every other ad for 6 months was asking me to cheat on my wife. We all know how that went. You cheated on your wife?
- kaishiro 10y ago
  What a truly bizarre comment.
  - grogenaut 10y ago
    I think they tried to make a failed joke. I was of course referring to the ashley madison data leak and that there weren't even any women to cheat with apparently.
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
saddestcatever 10y ago
Funny enough, can't you go into settings and change your gender? Pretty sure that would dump you into a new bucket of marketing. Though yeah, that's an offensive ad to have to encounter.

nradov 10y ago

You know you can eliminate the ads for $3 a month, right? It's pretty cheap compared to the other streaming services.

withdavidli 10y ago
You're likely talking to the wrong user base. There's a reason why ads business models work, people rather deal with ads than pay anything. Though your suggestion would solve one set of problems, it doesn't solve the fact that it was an inappropriate ad with a crappy response from the company if true. Guess network tv allowed, includes those 2am ads.
- grogenaut 10y ago
  I guess. We actually talked on the phone. When the lady said that to me I said, "Are you seriously trying to make that claim." Silence. Then she made some non-apology and ended the call.
grogenaut 10y ago
You know this was not yesterday but in 2010 right? IIRC it was like 70$ for premium. You know the radio and their competitors were free back then right, and the radio had less ads? I had actually paid previously but they screwed up my account a few times, I forget the details. Now I get prime music with my prime account and a bunch of other stuff including video for $9 a month. I thought it was pretty dumb to pay for a service where I couldn't pick what I wanted to hear. I also didn't play for XM at $10 a month when it came out.
- theflyingkiwi42 10y ago
  In 2010 it was $40 per the year, or about $3.33 per month. Ridiculously cheap in my opinion. Yes, not a great response however the time value of calling in to complain easily exceeds $40.
  - Symbiote 10y ago
    > the time value of calling in to complain easily exceeds $40. Fortunately, at least some people value their principles more than their time.
    - brogrammernot 10y ago
      How exactly is that a principle? He wasn't forced to listen to the ads, he was able to pay to have ads removed. His principle was that he found the ad unpleasant and didn't want to hear it anymore. I'm all for fighting for what you believe is right but it's a bit exaggerated when you're aren't forced to use the service, can pay for the service to remove ads and yet you claim to stand on principle. If you were standing on principle, you would refuse to use Pandora because they are funded by an "unsavory" company and not just call to say you didn't like the ads playing on the free service that they're providing to you.
      - grogenaut 10y ago
        stopping using them without telling them why is pretty in-effective. They turned the campaign off a few weeks later.
  - grogenaut 10y ago
    You're right on the price I was going off memory. I actually value the entertainment of being disgruntled with a product sometimrs and talking to CS about it. I actually value new experience even if it's not really please tell. I was deposed once on pretty easy terms and thought it was very interesting. And that $40 saved apparently got me 40 hacker news points as well ;).

deleted 10y ago

[deleted]

kcanini 10y ago

> Every other ad for 6 months was asking me to cheat on my wife. We all know how that went. You cheated on your wife?

kaishiro 10y ago
What a truly bizarre comment.
- grogenaut 10y ago
  I think they tried to make a failed joke. I was of course referring to the ashley madison data leak and that there weren't even any women to cheat with apparently.
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]

saddestcatever 10y ago

Funny enough, can't you go into settings and change your gender? Pretty sure that would dump you into a new bucket of marketing. Though yeah, that's an offensive ad to have to encounter.