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!? 😑

  • MannivuEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    Deezer, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal waving furiously Pick me! Pick me!

    • I need NOSEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      I haven’t tried all of those, but I like Deezer. It plays music and it’s much less pushy about podcasts or other crap that Spotify always clutters your start page with. The queue interface is also simpler to use. The only downside I see is that search is noticeably slower than Spotify on desktop.

      • MannivuEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Aren’t you buing just the license to play it, though? Like, if they delete them from their catalogue you can’t listen to them anymore?

        • Null User ObjectEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          Not unless you’re “buying” it from some service that doesn’t let you download the file. Definitely don’t do that.

          • Buy the mp3s.
          • Download them (& backup to a separate location)
          • Listen to them on whatever mp3 player you want.
          • Gradually accumulate an enormous music collection that you can listen to for free forever.