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!? 😑

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    1 year ago

    And Spotify didn’t advertise at paying users for almost a decade until, well, today.

    Not that I’m a fan of the ridiculous “I tOlD yOu sO” posturing in this thread, given that it’s been almost a decade of initially groundbreaking and later reasonably high quality service.

    One thing those commenters are right about though is: these companies will pursue profit to the bitter end and ads are a virtual inevitability for any major media platform.