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I haven't used spotify for ~3 years and last week wanted to listen to some specific music, so i downloaded it. Within 20 minutes, a really really annoying audio

by snissn 11y ago

I haven't used spotify for ~3 years and last week wanted to listen to some specific music, so i downloaded it. Within 20 minutes, a really really annoying audio ad came on and I went from thinking that this team has built a really great product since i've used it, to having a really negative opinion about them because the ad disrupted my flow as I was in the midst of a great hacking session. Something that they could do differently that might be interesting, is to special case ad plays for new and returning users and slowly increase the quantity of ads that are played. This way my initial experience is very positive and as I get used to incorporating spotify into my workflow, I get more used to ads, and can decide whether I want to be a paying customer or use the product with ads. I wonder if anyone else has incorporated similar growth hacking strategies.

kornish 11y ago
> I went from thinking that this team has built a really great product since i've used it, to having a really negative opinion about them because the ad disrupted my flow Just throwing this out there because you mentioned it's been a while since you used Spotify - Spotify offers a premium service for $10/mo which allows unlimited music without ads playing every few songs [1]. If ads are the deciding factor in whether or not you consider the application "really great" and you decide it's worth it to you, the option is there for ad-free listening. [1] https://www.spotify.com/us/premium/ https://www.spotify.com/us/premium/ Looks like they have a deal right now - 3 months for a buck.
- rpedroso 11y ago
  The main reason I bought Spotify premium (other than access to the full mobile platform) was to ditch the ads. I don't mind ads so much, but Spotify ads are particularly annoying. I seemed to get a lot of ads from fledgling hiphop artists, including extended samples of their songs, which was really disruptive and unpleasant when listening to folk/americana. After one two many focus sessions were ruined by obnoxious ads, I went ahead and bought premium. Perhaps this was intentional :-)
  - hnur 11y ago
    Another folk/americana fan here, and I get contemporary pop music ads between my tracks on Spotify, and there's nothing more annoying than autotuned screeching between my Bob Dylan and Gillian Welch. However instead of buying premium, I just use Spotify for discovery. If I like something I just get the album off iTunes, Amazon or Bandcamp. I find myself spending less per year than if I had subscribed to Spotify, _and_ I get to keep my music.

by snissn 11y ago

kornish 11y ago

> I went from thinking that this team has built a really great product since i've used it, to having a really negative opinion about them because the ad disrupted my flow Just throwing this out there because you mentioned it's been a while since you used Spotify - Spotify offers a premium service for $10/mo which allows unlimited music without ads playing every few songs [1]. If ads are the deciding factor in whether or not you consider the application "really great" and you decide it's worth it to you, the option is there for ad-free listening. [1] https://www.spotify.com/us/premium/ https://www.spotify.com/us/premium/ Looks like they have a deal right now - 3 months for a buck.

rpedroso 11y ago
The main reason I bought Spotify premium (other than access to the full mobile platform) was to ditch the ads. I don't mind ads so much, but Spotify ads are particularly annoying. I seemed to get a lot of ads from fledgling hiphop artists, including extended samples of their songs, which was really disruptive and unpleasant when listening to folk/americana. After one two many focus sessions were ruined by obnoxious ads, I went ahead and bought premium. Perhaps this was intentional :-)
- hnur 11y ago
  Another folk/americana fan here, and I get contemporary pop music ads between my tracks on Spotify, and there's nothing more annoying than autotuned screeching between my Bob Dylan and Gillian Welch. However instead of buying premium, I just use Spotify for discovery. If I like something I just get the album off iTunes, Amazon or Bandcamp. I find myself spending less per year than if I had subscribed to Spotify, _and_ I get to keep my music.