eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSpotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages.podnews.netexternal-linkmessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up1146
arrow-up1146external-linkSpotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages.podnews.neteicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square75linkfedilink
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78·edit-23 days agoI have Spotify premium (the one single subscription habit I allow myself) and haven’t heard an ad for years. But that is for music. They are talking about when Spotify is used for podcasts and long form content, where creators often insert sponsored sections by themselves.
minus-squareGreatWhiteBuffalo41@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoI mean they already have a 5 second skip button. I just hit it a few times and podcaster ad is over.
minus-squareKühlschrank@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI cancelled because Spotify was injecting their own ads in my podcasts. Like clearly injected ads and not the podcasters’ embedded ones. Not sure if they are still doing it but that was the last straw for me as a long time premium member.
minus-squareSequence5666@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoOut of all the subscriptions you picked the one which makes one person richer on basis of other peoples media.
I have Spotify premium (the one single subscription habit I allow myself) and haven’t heard an ad for years. But that is for music.
They are talking about when Spotify is used for podcasts and long form content, where creators often insert sponsored sections by themselves.
I mean they already have a 5 second skip button. I just hit it a few times and podcaster ad is over.
I cancelled because Spotify was injecting their own ads in my podcasts. Like clearly injected ads and not the podcasters’ embedded ones. Not sure if they are still doing it but that was the last straw for me as a long time premium member.
Out of all the subscriptions you picked the one
which makes one person richer on basis of other peoples media.