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I’ve become increasingly annoyed with this trend. Apple is doing it too on iOS, though the ads are all for first party products. If you use Apple News you can’t

I’ve become increasingly annoyed with this trend. Apple is doing it too on iOS, though the ads are all for first party products. If you use Apple News you can’t turn off all the teaser headlines for News+. If you use 4Gb of your free iCloud storage you’ll be pestered with “Upgrade” notifications. Similarly, it’s a little more expected on the web, but I used to have YouTube Premium and now that I’ve canceled, every new YouTube session has a pitch for premium.

jmuguy 6y ago
Oh don't worry, even if you never showed one iota of interest in Youtube Premium and skip every single annoying popup related to it - you'll still get asked every single time you open the app.
- cptskippy 6y ago
  I pulled up YouTube on my Model 3 the other day and it gave me a 1/3 screen ad for Premium.
cm2187 6y ago
And nagging for Apple Pay, Apple Music. Like I don't think any version of Windows ever had as many annoying modal dialogs than modern iOS.
wayneftw 6y ago
I can’t use Spotify(premium!) without having a freaking in-app pop up on iOS too. I’m actually thinking about going back to pirating music and just building my own player that load things off of S3.
- katktv 6y ago
  Deezloader is quite a miracle in that regard btw. after so many years there still are the ways to illegally download music from the legal service and that is just... something.
- Marsymars 6y ago
  I don't really get these complaints - the entire point of freemium services is to upsell users to a pay-for tier.
  - saagarjha 6y ago
    You can show the value of your premium offering without shoving ads for it in people’s faces.
    - deadbunny 6y ago
      To be fair they are demonstrating pretty well that premium users don't see ads.
      - boring_twenties 6y ago
        I'm a Spotify Premium user and it still annoys me with a modal popup pitching something stupid every now and again. Not very often at all, maybe once every few months, but still.
  - akudha 6y ago
    There is a difference between up-selling and being an annoying pest to the extent that people stop (or at least reduce) using your product
  - wayneftw 6y ago
    I have premium!! That’s the kicker…
    - joegahona 6y ago
      I have had premium since 2011 and aside from the occasional oddball popup for a concert near me (which is always based on what I listen to), I never get ads. What exactly are you seeing?
    - oceanghost 6y ago
      That's the thing. Paying for premium means you have discretionary income. As such, you're far more valuable to Spotify than its free users.
- noxer 6y ago
  Install Telegram. Open up a chat with you favorite music downloaded bot and listen whatever you want for free on the go. It steams but also caches what you already listened so it's pretty much better than anything you could easily fire up without spending a weekend.
- 29083011397778 6y ago
  D-Sub (for Android) and AirSonic are actually perfect for this - without having to build/debug anything.
  - Lammy 6y ago
    Seconding Airsonic! https://github.com/airsonic/airsonic https://github.com/airsonic/airsonic Big fan of play:Sub as a client for iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/play-sub-music-streamer/id955329386 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/play-sub-music-streamer/id9553...
shantara 6y ago
Apple TV+ as well. I once got a notification that my complimentary free subscription offer included with the device purchase was expiring. This happened out of nowhere on an iPhone I use for development, where I've never even launched the app in question.
twomoretime 6y ago
I think for established public orgs this really is the nature of public pressure for constant growth. People have to show numbers and eventually a couple ads here or there is just a little white lie for a solid couple of percent. And it's totally cool because everyone else is doing it wink. And then it becomes normalized and suddenly Hulu premium is showing ads on every show. I think Hulu was the last subscription service I ever paid for, years ago.
ve55 6y ago
I've never gotten an ad for anything in iOS, but I also do not use iCloud or Apple Music or Apple TV. At least the ads seem to be contained within their own apps, then.
tpush 6y ago
Personally, I was really annoyed by the pre-roll ads on Apple TV+. I thought Apple was better than that :/.

jmuguy 6y ago

Oh don't worry, even if you never showed one iota of interest in Youtube Premium and skip every single annoying popup related to it - you'll still get asked every single time you open the app.

cptskippy 6y ago
I pulled up YouTube on my Model 3 the other day and it gave me a 1/3 screen ad for Premium.

cm2187 6y ago

And nagging for Apple Pay, Apple Music. Like I don't think any version of Windows ever had as many annoying modal dialogs than modern iOS.

wayneftw 6y ago

I can’t use Spotify(premium!) without having a freaking in-app pop up on iOS too. I’m actually thinking about going back to pirating music and just building my own player that load things off of S3.

katktv 6y ago
Deezloader is quite a miracle in that regard btw. after so many years there still are the ways to illegally download music from the legal service and that is just... something.
Marsymars 6y ago
I don't really get these complaints - the entire point of freemium services is to upsell users to a pay-for tier.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  You can show the value of your premium offering without shoving ads for it in people’s faces.
  - deadbunny 6y ago
    To be fair they are demonstrating pretty well that premium users don't see ads.
    - boring_twenties 6y ago
      I'm a Spotify Premium user and it still annoys me with a modal popup pitching something stupid every now and again. Not very often at all, maybe once every few months, but still.
- akudha 6y ago
  There is a difference between up-selling and being an annoying pest to the extent that people stop (or at least reduce) using your product
- wayneftw 6y ago
  I have premium!! That’s the kicker…
  - joegahona 6y ago
    I have had premium since 2011 and aside from the occasional oddball popup for a concert near me (which is always based on what I listen to), I never get ads. What exactly are you seeing?
  - oceanghost 6y ago
    That's the thing. Paying for premium means you have discretionary income. As such, you're far more valuable to Spotify than its free users.
noxer 6y ago
Install Telegram. Open up a chat with you favorite music downloaded bot and listen whatever you want for free on the go. It steams but also caches what you already listened so it's pretty much better than anything you could easily fire up without spending a weekend.
29083011397778 6y ago
D-Sub (for Android) and AirSonic are actually perfect for this - without having to build/debug anything.
- Lammy 6y ago
  Seconding Airsonic! https://github.com/airsonic/airsonic https://github.com/airsonic/airsonic Big fan of play:Sub as a client for iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/play-sub-music-streamer/id955329386 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/play-sub-music-streamer/id9553...

shantara 6y ago

Apple TV+ as well. I once got a notification that my complimentary free subscription offer included with the device purchase was expiring. This happened out of nowhere on an iPhone I use for development, where I've never even launched the app in question.

twomoretime 6y ago

I think for established public orgs this really is the nature of public pressure for constant growth. People have to show numbers and eventually a couple ads here or there is just a little white lie for a solid couple of percent. And it's totally cool because everyone else is doing it wink. And then it becomes normalized and suddenly Hulu premium is showing ads on every show. I think Hulu was the last subscription service I ever paid for, years ago.

ve55 6y ago

I've never gotten an ad for anything in iOS, but I also do not use iCloud or Apple Music or Apple TV. At least the ads seem to be contained within their own apps, then.

tpush 6y ago

Personally, I was really annoyed by the pre-roll ads on Apple TV+. I thought Apple was better than that :/.