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I opened Spotify this morning to be greeted by a modal popup with a "sponsored recommendation".
Why am I seeing ads if I'm already paying for the premium plan!? ๐
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this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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delete Spotify. it's toxic
I haven't had any issues with Spotify. I've discovered a bunch of new artists since joining a couolr years ago. I even remember the very first. I had no idea who Token was. Now I'm a fan. What's wrong with this kind of thing? I'll admit it's not as good as old fashioned radio used to be but it's still great, and being ad-free when paid is pretty amazing.
Nothing wrong with discovery, though masquerading an ad as an algorithm recommendation is super shady.
That said, Spotify has a track record of treating artists horribly. It also has atrocious sound quality compared to every other service out there.
I'm using Tidal. Has one of the highest artist pay out rates, and top notch quality.
Man tidal is nice. It also seems to be curated by people who actually care about music. The recommendations it has given me have been amazing.
Honestly, I'm still just buying albums and listening to the odd thing on Youtube with adblockers and all that. Costs less than a Spotify subscription as long as I don't go mad, and I like basically all the music I listen to.
You happen to know of a nontoxic alternative that doesn't involve torrenting?
Modded Spotify Premium w/ gold theme by RockMods, download from Mobilism. Works really well, been using it for months. Checks out with all the antivirus scanners I use, and most stuff on Mobilism is safe (there's exceptions of course, but I'm sure you know how to be safe if you mention torrenting). Create a separate spotify account for it just in case it gets "fixed" though. Seems well supported by updates. Much better to the alternative - torrent client for downloading 'Linux ISOs'...
I like Apple Music. It's awesome even on Android, which is what I use.
Apple music