The company’s only hardware product will soon be e-waste.

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[–] 34 points 2 years ago (1 child)

spotify is a terrible company. at this point i feel like they have brand hostages rather than brand loyalty. i dont know anybody whos actually happy with the spotify experience any more.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It was really hard to pull off the bandage but I finally did it. It was really death by 1000 cuts but the last one for me was when they started injecting ads (not the baked-in ads, mind you) into podcasts. Apparently paying for Spotify to remove ads to them only meant removing ads from the music. To insult their users like that was enough for me.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I believe ads in podcasts are the doing of the folks making the podcast, not spotify.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No, what GP means is that some podcasts have an ad break, and Spotify will inject ads relevant to your region/demographic, even if you pay for premium.

    This isn't the host reading copy from their sponsors which, fair enough, would be hard to strip out in many cases.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah see I was under the impression that it’s still the show’s choice, like if you don’t have sponsor deals you can just let spotify inject ads and get paid for that instead.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But we're paying for no ads. Spotify could give them a slice of the premium money.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That’s honestly a good idea, but I reckon they’d probably give em a real shit rate like they already do with artists.

    The thing that really gets my goat is getting a fucken full screen ad for some random mainstream new release.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    the full screen ads for irrelevent (to you) music is one of my biggest gripes. Spotify i've never listened to a Taylor Swift song in my life, i don't give a shit if she has a new album and you know that!

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago*

    Are they serious? What a slap in the face to people that bought in.

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    I'm still salty about Spotify quietly removing support for my Pioneer head unit (along with others) shortly after the Car Thing came out. Luckily I took the hint and cancelled my subscription and haven't looked back.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    #supportOrOpensource should be a thing. Either you support the damn thing or you opensource it. Doesn't have to be XOR. Simply turning it into e-waste should not be allowed.

    Anti Commercial-AI license

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  • Been using Deezer(competitor to Spotify) for about 6 months now. Love the hifi audio. All my songs/playlists were moved over pretty effortlessly.

    Fuck Spotify.

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