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It takes a better alternative for people to change though. Spotify is borderline unusable to me now, it's about 50/50 ads/songs. But I still haven't uninstalle
by floor2 4y ago
It takes a better alternative for people to change though.
Spotify is borderline unusable to me now, it's about 50/50 ads/songs. But I still haven't uninstalled it. I think my usage is now something like, after listening to 5 songs and 5 ads, I get frustrated and switch to a podcast. But, I don't know of any alternative with less ads that works on my phone, so I'm still a user (despite listening for an hour a week instead of 40 hours a week).
The current internet media giants got huge by burning VC money for years to operate with few or no ads, and now Insta/Youtube/Spotify are all basically as bad as broadcast TV and radio for ad density. But is anyone going to give a new upstart a billion dollars and 5 years to host ad-free content to establish a new competitor?
- wwweston 4y agoI don't use Spotify much (afaict they've done more to damage artist economics than outright piracy), but at least they have a paid/premium layer of service that one can pay for and focus on specific desired content without add interruptions. Facebook and Instagram? Nope. You can't even pay them for an experience which lets you focus on what you want. Which means that the only economic incentives come from the ad revenue side, and the user engagement side will be seen primarily in terms of manipulation.
- robertlagrant 4y agoTheir $9.99/mo sub tier is pretty reasonable, I think. It's 40% less if you're a student. Course, we have the family plan, and UK prices, so I get ruined. But now I have Netflix I hate ads with a passion, so there we go.
- CuriouslyC 4y agoGet a modified youtube app with adblock and background play.
- adave 4y agoNot as good as the main part is audio discovery and auto playlists which are crap. Only pointed out since a lot of people tend to think its a 1:1 replacement not including the tech knowhow.
- adave 4y agoIf you are in the US there are 3mo/6mo promos for 1/4th the cost if you look and you can create multiple accounts.
- ym496 4y agoUse NewPipe. It's really good and with no ads.
- disgruntledphd2 4y agoIf you like Spotify's product, why not pay for it? The ads go away then. I literally converted to premium after the first ad as I hated it so much.
- Cipater 4y agoI pay for Spotify. I use it every day. I don't understand how anyone can use the free tier. You should consider paying for the service because what you're doing is self torture.