"Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product?
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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I haven't had any issues with Spotify. I've discovered a bunch of new artists since joining a couolr years ago. I even remember the very first. I had no idea who Token was. Now I'm a fan. What's wrong with this kind of thing? I'll admit it's not as good as old fashioned radio used to be but it's still great, and being ad-free when paid is pretty amazing.
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.
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.
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.