"Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product?

ojmcelderry@lemmy.one to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world – 1415 points –

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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The screenshot literally says "sponsored recommendation". Not sure how much more clear it can be that somebody paid money for that.

I ment to say I don't get why anyone would pay for that.

Artist are trying to get paid for people listening on Spotify, not the other way around.

I guess It's like advertising your product on amazon so people buy from you not others, but somehow it feels stupid when you think about it in the context of a music streaming service.

Well, spins the first week can lead to having a BB100 or BB200 track/album.

That kind of thing is important for the legs of an album/track.