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I wish I could do this for Spotify. Paid plans still include ads. They cram ads into podcast episodes which themselves also have ads, so you'll get the read ad

by dsco 2y ago

I wish I could do this for Spotify. Paid plans still include ads. They cram ads into podcast episodes which themselves also have ads, so you'll get the read ads + Spotify's local ads + Spotify laughs all the way to the bank. I believe over time not having ads will be a thing of the past, and you'll instead pay for fewer ads. Like where else are people going to go for exclusive content?

HelloMcFly 2y ago
I've never heard an ad on Spotify, so this is true only for podcasts then, correct? In that case I can at least be thankful that Spotify is the worst option for listening to podcasts.
- qwerpy 2y ago
  I canceled my Spotify premium subscription because they showed sponsored content in the app. Not as egregious as jamming ads in between songs, but I still don’t want to have to scroll past a “sponsored” UI element to get to what I’m actually interested in. Moved to Apple Music and so far so good.
timcobb 2y ago
> Spotify laughs all the way to the bank FWIW, I don't think Spotify makes much, if any, money lol
- nicholassmith 2y ago
  Net profit was €1.14bn for 2024, which feels like a reasonable amount of money.
  - mrweasel 2y ago
    Sadly I think we're in need of the AriZona Iced Tea of streaming. A company that sells a streaming service, at a fixed price, makes a small profit and is happy with that profit. The issue is that the current streaming services have cost billions to develop and companies and investors want that money back, times a 100. The money hasn't gone into a long term product that people will be happy with for decades, it has gone into a product that needs to return large chunk of money in a short time frame (and cover up other failed ventures).
    - JoshTriplett 2y ago
      The issue is that such a company either needs to make their own first-party content, or pay licensing fees for third-party content, and the companies those license fees are paid to are always looking to either cut out the middle service in favor of their own or increase what they're charging.
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- maweki 2y ago
  > I don't think Spotify makes much, if any, money per their financial statements, about 150Mio in operating profits per quarter. Gross profit of 1.000Mio per quarter. I'd like to have that kind of "not much money"
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FuriouslyAdrift 2y ago
I highly recommend Radiooooo. They're DJ curated and very good. Dirt cheap for what you get.
JKCalhoun 2y ago
Just buy the content and play it from your local devices. I use streaming simply for "auditioning" new music (and there are podcasts, YouTube channels that do that without a subscription, FWIW). I prefer then to buy the tracks from Bandcamp. Hopefully the artists get a bigger slice of the revenue that way.
Hamuko 2y ago
I don't really listen to much Spotify but I feel like just the free plan in Firefox with uBlock Origin gave me an ad-free experience the last time I used it.
jvolkman 2y ago
YouTube premium also includes ad-free YouTube Music. Yes there are still sponsorships in podcasts as usual, but no injected ads.

by dsco 2y ago

HelloMcFly 2y ago

I've never heard an ad on Spotify, so this is true only for podcasts then, correct? In that case I can at least be thankful that Spotify is the worst option for listening to podcasts.

qwerpy 2y ago
I canceled my Spotify premium subscription because they showed sponsored content in the app. Not as egregious as jamming ads in between songs, but I still don’t want to have to scroll past a “sponsored” UI element to get to what I’m actually interested in. Moved to Apple Music and so far so good.

timcobb 2y ago

> Spotify laughs all the way to the bank FWIW, I don't think Spotify makes much, if any, money lol

nicholassmith 2y ago
Net profit was €1.14bn for 2024, which feels like a reasonable amount of money.
- mrweasel 2y ago
  Sadly I think we're in need of the AriZona Iced Tea of streaming. A company that sells a streaming service, at a fixed price, makes a small profit and is happy with that profit. The issue is that the current streaming services have cost billions to develop and companies and investors want that money back, times a 100. The money hasn't gone into a long term product that people will be happy with for decades, it has gone into a product that needs to return large chunk of money in a short time frame (and cover up other failed ventures).
  - JoshTriplett 2y ago
    The issue is that such a company either needs to make their own first-party content, or pay licensing fees for third-party content, and the companies those license fees are paid to are always looking to either cut out the middle service in favor of their own or increase what they're charging.
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maweki 2y ago
> I don't think Spotify makes much, if any, money per their financial statements, about 150Mio in operating profits per quarter. Gross profit of 1.000Mio per quarter. I'd like to have that kind of "not much money"

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FuriouslyAdrift 2y ago

I highly recommend Radiooooo. They're DJ curated and very good. Dirt cheap for what you get.

JKCalhoun 2y ago

Just buy the content and play it from your local devices. I use streaming simply for "auditioning" new music (and there are podcasts, YouTube channels that do that without a subscription, FWIW). I prefer then to buy the tracks from Bandcamp. Hopefully the artists get a bigger slice of the revenue that way.

Hamuko 2y ago

I don't really listen to much Spotify but I feel like just the free plan in Firefox with uBlock Origin gave me an ad-free experience the last time I used it.

jvolkman 2y ago

YouTube premium also includes ad-free YouTube Music. Yes there are still sponsorships in podcasts as usual, but no injected ads.