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[–] stagen@feddit.dk 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I’ve never used the free tier on Spotify and I don’t understand how anyone can. The ads alone would make me throw off my headset in disgust. So yeah, not going to affect me, and I do enjoy reading the lyrics a lot.

That said, I am experimenting with swapping over to Apple Music because I feel Spotify has become too expensive.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The ads aren't even for anything. It was just really patronising ads for Spotify Premium.

Their business model is genuinely to just annoy you into paying.

[–] DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It only annoyed me into stopping using their service

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You either pay or you leave. Spotify wins, in both cases

[–] Zitronensaft@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

They were so much more expensive than Pandora when I tried them out and the free tier was too awful to want to reward them with my money, so I did pay but it went to a competitor. Their music recommendations were terrible compared to Pandora, too.

I don't use Pandora now though, they got bought by SiriusXM who I will never pay again after they made cancelation such a difficult process.