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Why not just pay for it? I understand being annoyed by the free product in its regular use cases, but wanting the free version of the app to give you a flawless

Why not just pay for it? I understand being annoyed by the free product in its regular use cases, but wanting the free version of the app to give you a flawless experience from something as specific as playing white noise during the night evokes something in me that I cannot really put a word on.

lancesells 4y ago
Doesn't Spotify put ads in premium as well? Not sure how legit this site is: https://www.pocket-lint.com/smart-home/news/spotify/144139-how-to-connect-spotify-to-alexa-or-amazon-echo https://www.pocket-lint.com/smart-home/news/spotify/144139-h... I think of Spotify as an ad company and not a music service or podcast service: https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/06/spotify-introduces-a-new-ad-format-for-podcasts-that-puts-clickable-cards-inside-shows/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/06/spotify-introduces-a-new-a... Apple Music seems to be headed this way as well because trillions just aren't enough: https://www.macworld.com/article/707588/apple-music-ads-stations-interviews-playlists.html https://www.macworld.com/article/707588/apple-music-ads-stat...
- skinnymuch 4y ago
  Spotify does 90% revenue through premium subscriptions. Ads could completely go away and they’d still survive. https://craft.co/spotify/revenue https://craft.co/spotify/revenue
karaterobot 4y ago
I don't listen to podcasts on Spotify, but I believe they insert ads into podcasts even if you have a premium subscription. At least they used to. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Podcasts-Partners-etc/Premium-Means-No-Ads-So-WHY-Podcast-ads/td-p/5024321 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Podcasts-Partners-etc...
prepend 4y ago
Because the apple podcast app is free and, while pretty bed, gives me the same podcasts without ads. It’s not that I want the free version of Spotify to do something, I would rather use other tools that are free or already paid for. Separately from this, charging a monthly fee for a white noise app seems like a horrible value and something that everyone should avoid and just use an algorithmic source with a one time fee or is just free. I know that people are free to spend on whatever they like but it seems we’re far into “fool and his money are soon parted” territory.
phatfish 4y ago
Well, there are ads in the premium version Podcasts too (they seem to be only on a few "Spotify Exclusive" ones that they threw cash at for the moment). I can put up with it as there is maybe one or two I listen to regularly with Spotify ads, but if they go much further it's a solid reason to drop the Premium subscription. If the white noise is in the Music section you will be ad free though.

lancesells 4y ago

Doesn't Spotify put ads in premium as well? Not sure how legit this site is: https://www.pocket-lint.com/smart-home/news/spotify/144139-how-to-connect-spotify-to-alexa-or-amazon-echo https://www.pocket-lint.com/smart-home/news/spotify/144139-h... I think of Spotify as an ad company and not a music service or podcast service: https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/06/spotify-introduces-a-new-ad-format-for-podcasts-that-puts-clickable-cards-inside-shows/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/06/spotify-introduces-a-new-a... Apple Music seems to be headed this way as well because trillions just aren't enough: https://www.macworld.com/article/707588/apple-music-ads-stations-interviews-playlists.html https://www.macworld.com/article/707588/apple-music-ads-stat...

skinnymuch 4y ago
Spotify does 90% revenue through premium subscriptions. Ads could completely go away and they’d still survive. https://craft.co/spotify/revenue https://craft.co/spotify/revenue

karaterobot 4y ago

I don't listen to podcasts on Spotify, but I believe they insert ads into podcasts even if you have a premium subscription. At least they used to. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Podcasts-Partners-etc/Premium-Means-No-Ads-So-WHY-Podcast-ads/td-p/5024321 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Other-Podcasts-Partners-etc...

prepend 4y ago

Because the apple podcast app is free and, while pretty bed, gives me the same podcasts without ads. It’s not that I want the free version of Spotify to do something, I would rather use other tools that are free or already paid for. Separately from this, charging a monthly fee for a white noise app seems like a horrible value and something that everyone should avoid and just use an algorithmic source with a one time fee or is just free. I know that people are free to spend on whatever they like but it seems we’re far into “fool and his money are soon parted” territory.

phatfish 4y ago

Well, there are ads in the premium version Podcasts too (they seem to be only on a few "Spotify Exclusive" ones that they threw cash at for the moment). I can put up with it as there is maybe one or two I listen to regularly with Spotify ads, but if they go much further it's a solid reason to drop the Premium subscription. If the white noise is in the Music section you will be ad free though.