▲ 1447 ▼ "Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product? (lemmy.one) submitted 3 years ago by ojmcelderry@lemmy.one to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 382 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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!? 😑
[–] BURN@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) You’re advocating for piracy explicitly If you're going to p1r@te, you don't have to pay sp0tify to do it... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] loom_in_essence@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm advocating using Bandcamp where the artist actually gets paid. Spotify is piracy, and I'm discouraging that. Go to bandcamp and buy the actual album. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BURN@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, that’s not happening. I can’t afford to pay thousands of dollars a month for music. I’m going to continue using Spotify because at the end of the day it’s not my responsibility to determine how much the artists get paid. There’s a bunch of problems I care about, this isn’t one of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] loom_in_essence@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Well at least you're honest about not caring about the artists. Edit: but you could make a point of buying a couple albums per month if you listen to that much music. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BURN@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I generally buy merch from the small bands I like, and the rest are multimillionaires already. While I listen to a wide variety of music, it tends to be popular music from a wide range of times where they’ve already made a lot from it. But also, yes, there’s a level of convenience I’m not willing to give up. When an artist pulls their music from Spotify, I tend to just not listen to them, through no fault of their own, but it’s where I listen to everything else. I’m trying YouTube music out since it’s theoretically a bit better and I already pay for YouTube premium. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] loom_in_essence@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm advocating using Bandcamp where the artist actually gets paid. Spotify is piracy, and I'm discouraging that. Go to bandcamp and buy the actual album. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BURN@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, that’s not happening. I can’t afford to pay thousands of dollars a month for music. I’m going to continue using Spotify because at the end of the day it’s not my responsibility to determine how much the artists get paid. There’s a bunch of problems I care about, this isn’t one of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] loom_in_essence@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Well at least you're honest about not caring about the artists. Edit: but you could make a point of buying a couple albums per month if you listen to that much music. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BURN@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I generally buy merch from the small bands I like, and the rest are multimillionaires already. While I listen to a wide variety of music, it tends to be popular music from a wide range of times where they’ve already made a lot from it. But also, yes, there’s a level of convenience I’m not willing to give up. When an artist pulls their music from Spotify, I tend to just not listen to them, through no fault of their own, but it’s where I listen to everything else. I’m trying YouTube music out since it’s theoretically a bit better and I already pay for YouTube premium. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BURN@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yeah, that’s not happening. I can’t afford to pay thousands of dollars a month for music. I’m going to continue using Spotify because at the end of the day it’s not my responsibility to determine how much the artists get paid. There’s a bunch of problems I care about, this isn’t one of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] loom_in_essence@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Well at least you're honest about not caring about the artists. Edit: but you could make a point of buying a couple albums per month if you listen to that much music. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BURN@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I generally buy merch from the small bands I like, and the rest are multimillionaires already. While I listen to a wide variety of music, it tends to be popular music from a wide range of times where they’ve already made a lot from it. But also, yes, there’s a level of convenience I’m not willing to give up. When an artist pulls their music from Spotify, I tend to just not listen to them, through no fault of their own, but it’s where I listen to everything else. I’m trying YouTube music out since it’s theoretically a bit better and I already pay for YouTube premium. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] loom_in_essence@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Well at least you're honest about not caring about the artists. Edit: but you could make a point of buying a couple albums per month if you listen to that much music. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BURN@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I generally buy merch from the small bands I like, and the rest are multimillionaires already. While I listen to a wide variety of music, it tends to be popular music from a wide range of times where they’ve already made a lot from it. But also, yes, there’s a level of convenience I’m not willing to give up. When an artist pulls their music from Spotify, I tend to just not listen to them, through no fault of their own, but it’s where I listen to everything else. I’m trying YouTube music out since it’s theoretically a bit better and I already pay for YouTube premium. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BURN@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago I generally buy merch from the small bands I like, and the rest are multimillionaires already. While I listen to a wide variety of music, it tends to be popular music from a wide range of times where they’ve already made a lot from it. But also, yes, there’s a level of convenience I’m not willing to give up. When an artist pulls their music from Spotify, I tend to just not listen to them, through no fault of their own, but it’s where I listen to everything else. I’m trying YouTube music out since it’s theoretically a bit better and I already pay for YouTube premium. permalink fedilink source parent
