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!? πŸ˜‘

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (15 children)

Greedy business model seems slightly unfair tbh. Spotify struggles to remain profitable and they’ve only raised their prices by like $1 in a decade

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Maybe they shouldn't've thrown so much money into the pivot to podcasts, then thrown a bunch of money at that meathead idiot.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (6 children)

    Yeah that $100 billion they gave Joe Rogan is where your payments go.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    they didn't give Joe Rogan 100 billion dollars you dunce.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I think it was 1000000 trillion bazillion dollars, you drooling braindead goon.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    This comment says a lot more about you than it does about me.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Just because they're incompetent doesn't mean they're not greedy.

    Also, executives can still be cleaning up even as the company struggles to profit.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Executives being greedy isn't the same as a greedy business model

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

    This makes no sense. Greedy execs are the ones who would implement a greedy business model to pursue their greed.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    What part of the executive compensation package are you taking specific issue with exactly? From what I could see, they're largely paid in stock and the CEO hasn't taken a bonus since COVID.

    Or are you just talking executives in general and not looking at what Spotify does specifically?

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