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!? 😑

  • drewofdoom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    1 year ago

    Nothing wrong with discovery, though masquerading an ad as an algorithm recommendation is super shady.

    That said, Spotify has a track record of treating artists horribly. It also has atrocious sound quality compared to every other service out there.

    I’m using Tidal. Has one of the highest artist pay out rates, and top notch quality.

    • MullMaster@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Man tidal is nice. It also seems to be curated by people who actually care about music. The recommendations it has given me have been amazing.

    • MadBob@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Honestly, I’m still just buying albums and listening to the odd thing on Youtube with adblockers and all that. Costs less than a Spotify subscription as long as I don’t go mad, and I like basically all the music I listen to.