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Even the Spotify paid tier has ads in podcasts. There's no escape.
by njovin 5y ago
Even the Spotify paid tier has ads in podcasts. There's no escape.
- lovestory 5y agoThat's not Spotify's fault. The ads are added by podcast host as a part of the show itself. You will have ads regardless of where you listen to your podcasts.
- jdavis703 5y agoAren’t those native ads though? Or is Spotify making money off them too?
- tomerv 5y agoThey are, and I think that Spotify should work to ban them. If I'm listening to a podcast on Spotify, then presumably the podcast creator is already getting my money (indirectly, via Spotify) and therefore I should get an ad-free version.
- jdavis703 5y agoThis gets to a question of what’s an ad. Take EDM DJs. Could they advertise an upcoming festival they’re playing at, even though the main purpose of the podcast is playing music?
- efaref 5y ago> Could they *advertise* an upcoming festival Yeah, that's an ad. It's even in the sentence.
- njovin 5y agoSpotify allows it, I've contacted their support team about it. They claim that as long as the creator is the one inserting the ads that they allow it.
- deberon 5y agoIt's a mix. As a premium spotify customer, I still see spotify-injected (skippable) ads.
- charles_f 5y agoNever encountered these, what were you listening to?
- jonnycomputer 5y agoReally? Not me. I've seen opportunities to subscribe to podcasts for $$, which irritated me, but that's it.
- Cipater 5y agoThis can't be right.
- njovin 5y agoSame here. Spotify claims it's the podcast producers' doing when ads are inserted this way. It still miffs me. One of the conditions of being a paid content provider for Spotify should be that you provide an ad-free experience for premium subscribers.
- deberon 5y agoHere's the relevant press release: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2020-01-08/spotifys-head-of-global-ads-business-and-platform-jay-richman-talks-new-spotify-podcast-ads/ https://newsroom.spotify.com/2020-01-08/spotifys-head-of-glo...
- adrian_mrd 5y agonative ads - kind of sums up the ludicrousness of the adtech industry… “they are not real ads because they are NATIVE!”
- jefftk 5y agoYouTube as well, if you're counting creators taking money to promote things. (Disclosure: I work for Google, speaking only for myself)
- version_five 5y agoIt also has constant ads for podcasts in the app, as well as modal popups for things it wants to promote, like new albums and concerts. They are definitely violating the spirit of "no ads"