It is very similar to how Spotify tanked their platform for my use -- at some point, I'm a paying customer, and I get annoyed when you constantly shove your ori

It is very similar to how Spotify tanked their platform for my use -- at some point, I'm a paying customer, and I get annoyed when you constantly shove your original content down my through regardless of how much it matches my preferences. You just can't start a service with recommendations as part of your sell... and then bastardize those recommendations into advertisements or original content-pushers. Paying customers eventually lose patience.