Every single time I use Spotify, after the first advert it says to enjoy the next 30 minutes ad free. Then after a 2 minute long song, I get 5 minutes of adverts 😑. Every single time

Edit: using mutify now, thank you everyone!

    • isaaclw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      6 days ago

      They alao have done very little about the misinformation Joe Rogan continues to spout.

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
    401·
    7 days ago

    I tried YouTube today for the first time in years. Its unwatchable. The frog must have been slowly boiling for years to have so many people accept what Youtube is now. Just wow.

    I managed to watch about 10 minutes but had about 5 ads during that time, taking up several minutes of my time. It broke my focus and I forgot what the video was about.

    Back to Newpipe.

      • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
        21·
        6 days ago

        I was using the official YouTube app since I wanted to use chromecast to get a video up on my tv.

        I havent used revanced, seems interesting also. But Newpipe just does what I need so im happy.

        Already have network wide adblocking but doesnt stop YouTube ads in their official app.

          • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
            11·
            6 days ago

            Its an app? No i still have a dumb tv. 50 inch plasma that has lasted 10 years now i think. And I like that its not smart, so it doesnt talk to random stuff on the internet.

            I guess I will replace it soon but when I do, that tv gets no internet access. :)

    • Camelbeard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      I can only watch it with revanced and sponsorblock, otherwise I’d just watch some of my old downloaded stuff.

      • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
        91·
        7 days ago

        Yeah I have a few colleagues that did that too. But I dont want to support big tech by being paying user.

        • AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          16·
          7 days ago

          Ublock origin + sponsor block makes YouTube entirely watchable and you don’t have to fund this horrible company

        • Michal@programming.devEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          You also support big tech by giving them traffic and watching the ads. The only way to not support them is to not use it.

  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
    301·
    7 days ago

    This is one service I pay for and never had had to worry about ads. I can skip around, download and work it just like my offline music with no differences

    • Hjalmar@feddit.nuEnglish
      111·
      7 days ago

      I’m also paying for Spotify however I still get ads when listening to podcasts. Really bothering

      • Cenotaph@mander.xyzEnglish
        14·
        7 days ago

        Those arent spotify ads, they’re the ads from the podcast. To my knowledge unless its a “spotify exclusive” all they are doing is fetching the RSS feed for you, not paying the creator anything regardless of your subscription status

      • CmdrShepard42@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        7 days ago

        And now they’re showing locked episodes, which drives me up the fucking wall. Seems to only be with all the podcasts that SirusXM is buying up as of late, which unfortunately make up a good chunk of what I listen to.

      • Michal@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        6 days ago

        I feel the same about youtube. I pay for premium, but sometimes creators bake in their own ads. I wish youtube would pay creators enough so they wouldn’t have to do it.

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Yeah, the complaining about spotify’s free tier is something I just don’t get. I grew up listening to the goddamn radio. No choice in what to listen to and ads all the time. But when your jam came on, it felt great every time.

      I’m on a family plan with some friends. I’ve discovered a ton of new music because of Spotify. I’ve gone to many shows, bought merch, vinyls, for bands I never would’ve known had it not been for Spotify.

      I’m just not sure what people want, but it reeks of entitlement. If you’re gonna pirate music, by all means, go to town. Nobody cares.

    • Oniononon@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      How many AI songs you have tho? Spotify has other ways to make money for itself and its cronies, namely by shoving fake generated music that big lables own down your playlist so the big label cartel gets more profit.

      • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Probably not that many since I carefully curate my list and generally only listen to local artists or international that I’m familiar with.

  • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    241·
    7 days ago
    • IOS; Sideloading EeveeSpotify.
    • Windows; Specitify.
    • Android; ReVanced.

    There’s no reason to waste your time on ads.

      • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        Last time I checked, uBlock blocked ads on Spotify.

        Yeah, your right. uBlock Origin block advertisement on the browser. However, Spicetify blocks advertisement within the desktop app and allows for multiple add-ons/ extension plus customizing your entire app.

    • Novaling@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      God why does this not have more upvotes and why isn’t it the first comment. I literally was screaming how someone could be on here and not possibly know of the various ways to get around shitty ads.

      YT music with ReVanced is a fucking dream, I love it. Spotify is probably also great. Didn’t even know about the iOS and Windows apps, but I hated iPhone and finally ditched Windows for Fedora so I don’t keep track of those as much.

      But seriously they have so many options, especially on Android. Like there’s a FOSS app or patched option for literally everything on there.

      • 11111one11111@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        7 days ago

        I used to get so annoyed at the auto correct to ducking but after a niece and nephew were introduced as variables I’ve found ducking the most effective sentence enhancer that doesn’t provoke a parent teacher conference for my brother lol

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.socialEnglish
    214·
    7 days ago

    FYI: You can have unlimited advertisement free music if you actually pay for a subscription*. Or pirate.

    *not necessarily true for podcasts, in which the podcaster could have ads baked into the recording.

    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      *not necessarily true for podcasts, in which the podcaster could have ads baked into the recording.

      Actually not.
      I like listening to the WAN show podcast from LTT. Amd as most here prpbably know they are very keen on monetizing a lot on their content.
      As it turns out Spotify has different settings between podcasts and music. And they offer the creators to enable ads (even for premium subs) inbetween podcast episodes.
      So if you queue the LTT-podcast after a regular song, you can get advertisements before and after an episode.
      You can scrub through or skip the ad but it requires manual interaction to do so. And hot keys like on (BT-)headsets don’t work.

      I confirmed their existence with the Spotify support

      • Michal@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        Podcast ads are easy to skip. Still, i pay subscription to my favourite podcast network to support them, and it’s more convenient not having to skip.

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    91·
    6 days ago

    Spotify kind of sucks. I’ve been buying music from the musicians (mostly via Bandcamp) for years. Buying one album a month for like $8 means is cheaper than a subscription, and I now have a huge library of music.

    • shitescalates@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      It’s amazing it became so popular. I got sick of the lack of true shuffle and radio and went back to Pandora. It’s so much better than Spotify I can’t imagine going back.

    • jsomae@lemmy.mlEnglish
      41·
      6 days ago

      Amateur. 120 gb myself.

      (Seriously though, that’s awesome 👍 )

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      I went back to just downloading it. Got a 512gb SD card in my phone with 180GB of music on it and about 40GB of podcasts. Spotify is just for when I want to find new stuff to listen to.

  • glitchdx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    6 days ago

    why don’t you have an adblocker? I haven’t seen / heard an ad on one of my devices in 15 years.

  • HollowNaught@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    5 days ago

    I just download my songs using freetube, load then onto my phone, and use a FOSS music player to make my playlists. That way, even when I drive out into areas with spotty connections I get my tunes coming through