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Wait, -paying- users get ads in the US? Then why do they pay?

• Covzire 5y ago
  I'm assuming for the privilege of fast forwarding them, but I'm not sure, it's probably the biggest reason I can't feel any affinity for the platform at all. I'm happy to chip in for the service like i do with Youtube Premium, but come on. They're not short ads either, and I think most of them are put in place by Joe Rogan himself because they're often him going on for 2-3 minutes.
• dntrkv 5y ago
  It's only the ads that the podcasters put in themselves. They are not the Spotify ads.
  • ub99 5y ago
    This makes me wonder… would Spotify allow ads in music? Can I upload a music track that has an ad in the middle? Hmm…
    • kingofpandora 5y ago
      I don't have Spotify, but check if The Who Sell Out is there since that has ads in it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who_Sell_Out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who_Sell_Out
      • ub99 5y ago
        Pretty sure they used fake ads, but it’s a good precedent anyway. Edit: and yes the album is available on Spotify in full.
        • FillardMillmore 5y ago
          The whole album was supposed to be a play on a pirate radio station if memory serves, and a damn good one at that. Probably my favorite Who album honestly (besides Live at Leeds, of course).
          • cubano 5y ago
            Uhhhh I'd have to take Quadraphenia in any best Who album list...I think I've bought it at least 6 times in like 4 formats and I can still listen to it end-to-end without effort.
        • serf 5y ago
          > Pretty sure they used fake ads, but it’s a good precedent anyway. the ads aren't fake.. well, not all of them -- they're included ironically -- and many aspects of that album generated legal issues for the band.[0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who_Sell_Out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who_Sell_Out
    • sellyme 5y ago
      Yes. See also: about half of the rap tracks on the platform, where every third line is product placement.
  • p49k 5y ago
    Even the podcasts that Spotify owns and produces have ads. So in that case they are putting ads in their own podcasts for their own paying customers.
    • paulryanrogers 5y ago
      It does seem like double-dipping. But I imagine they will continue to include more and more advertising until they reached the threshold where people unsubscribe.
  • njovin 5y ago
    It's odd, though, that Rogan's podcast only started doing mid-episode ads after the move to Spotify. Prior to the move the only ads were at the beginning of the episode.
    • paulryanrogers 5y ago
      Maybe analytics indicated that people were skipping the first chunk of the show to avoid the ads. I know that is a common feature of other podcast players.
      • nefitty 5y ago
        Maybe that's one of the benefits of having a podcast on Spotify. They can probably collect fine-grained analytics compared to an RSS-based client.
    • jack_pp 5y ago
      I've never heard ads on Rogan's podcast in the past few years, this might be a US only thing
    • AzzieElbab 5y ago
      It is really weird actually. Not every episode comes with adds. Seems like Spotify is dark launching ab testing