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Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers
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this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2026
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My wife and daughter had heard ads sparingly and they only listen to music. I assumed it was some sort of bug because it is very infrequent, but with today's corps I should probably invoke the inverse of Hanlon's Razor and just assume malice.
Hanlon's RazorWhose Hanlon and why do you need his razor? It's more hygienic to buy one from the storeIn case you don't actually know what it is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor