โฒ 1447 โผ "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!? ๐
[โ] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 22 points 3 years ago (1 child) xManager if you're on Android. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] carzian@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) I've been to their website and GitHub and I still don't understand what the app does. Could you give a quick eli5? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] hungofhydra@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 years ago* (2 children) It's kind of like a hub, where you can download and update modded Spotify. In the modded Spotify, you have all the benefits of a premium account and actually more because the modded version provides its own benefit, minus downloading. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] sergih123@eslemmy.es 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm scared of using that tbh, cause last time I used a modde version of Spotify (simply the tablet apk on android so it would let me play individual songs), they found out and sent me an email saying that they have the rights to delete my account and my playlists if it were to happen again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Tim@programming.dev 9 points 3 years ago Make an alt account, and follow your playlists of your main account :) permalink fedilink source parent [โ] carzian@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Ah gotcha. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] carzian@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) I've been to their website and GitHub and I still don't understand what the app does. Could you give a quick eli5? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] hungofhydra@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 years ago* (2 children) It's kind of like a hub, where you can download and update modded Spotify. In the modded Spotify, you have all the benefits of a premium account and actually more because the modded version provides its own benefit, minus downloading. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] sergih123@eslemmy.es 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm scared of using that tbh, cause last time I used a modde version of Spotify (simply the tablet apk on android so it would let me play individual songs), they found out and sent me an email saying that they have the rights to delete my account and my playlists if it were to happen again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Tim@programming.dev 9 points 3 years ago Make an alt account, and follow your playlists of your main account :) permalink fedilink source parent [โ] carzian@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Ah gotcha. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] hungofhydra@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 years ago* (2 children) It's kind of like a hub, where you can download and update modded Spotify. In the modded Spotify, you have all the benefits of a premium account and actually more because the modded version provides its own benefit, minus downloading. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] sergih123@eslemmy.es 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm scared of using that tbh, cause last time I used a modde version of Spotify (simply the tablet apk on android so it would let me play individual songs), they found out and sent me an email saying that they have the rights to delete my account and my playlists if it were to happen again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Tim@programming.dev 9 points 3 years ago Make an alt account, and follow your playlists of your main account :) permalink fedilink source parent [โ] carzian@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Ah gotcha. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] sergih123@eslemmy.es 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm scared of using that tbh, cause last time I used a modde version of Spotify (simply the tablet apk on android so it would let me play individual songs), they found out and sent me an email saying that they have the rights to delete my account and my playlists if it were to happen again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Tim@programming.dev 9 points 3 years ago Make an alt account, and follow your playlists of your main account :) permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Tim@programming.dev 9 points 3 years ago Make an alt account, and follow your playlists of your main account :) permalink fedilink source parent
