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!? 😑

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    1 year ago

    Bandcamp hasn’t changed at all since the Epic acquisition. Yet, at least. This is from an artist’s perspective, too, as I use Bandcamp as essentially my website and main place to push people to if they want to purchase my music rather than stream.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I was real nervous when it first happened, but nothing has gone sour yet. I have held off some purchases until Bandcamp Friday though as a result.

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        1 year ago

        Same, though I typically try to only purchase on Bandcamp Friday anyway just to further support artists. I mainly use Spotify and just make Bandcamp purchases for stuff that Spotify doesn’t have, which is typically small bands, so it’s worth it to wait.

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      That’s good to hear. I was pretty concerned.

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      And Spotify didn’t advertise at paying users for almost a decade until, well, today.

      Not that I’m a fan of the ridiculous “I tOlD yOu sO” posturing in this thread, given that it’s been almost a decade of initially groundbreaking and later reasonably high quality service.

      One thing those commenters are right about though is: these companies will pursue profit to the bitter end and ads are a virtual inevitability for any major media platform.