"Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product?
![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0d5e3a0e-e79d-4062-a7bc-ccc1e7baacf1.png)
![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b5475d3c-b464-4e07-99b0-7e2e08f3b274.jpeg?format=jpg&thumbnail=256)
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!? 😑
You are viewing a single comment
There's other streaming services. I'd recommend any over Spotify.
Which one do you prefer / recommend?
Soundcloud is one! Some artists let you download their music and others don't. Other than than Soundcloud isn't open source, I don't see what's wrong with them.
I've been enjoying apple music on Android (the audacity, I know) mainly for family plan convenience. I used to use Tidal, back when it was the only one offering higher quality audio. Now that's more common.
However I do miss a few things from Tidal. It had full credits for albums and songs like a CD would have had. And when you're on a track and go to the artist it will let you pick which one you want if there's features or a collab. Apple Music will just automatically take you to the page of the first artist listed. So that's something to consider especially if you're into hip-hop.
There's many options though and they pretty much all pay artists more than Spotify does too.