Is there a Spotify alternative that has no ads?

I pay for Spotify for 7 years or so now and i’m so sick of all the ads. After every update there seems to be an: oops, sorry, you have ads now. Podcasts are filled with ads. I was just listening to a podcast where they shoved in 3 ads mid-sentence. How long until musicians put ads in their songs. I’m just so sick of it.

  • ickplant@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It’s called dynamic ad insertion, and it’s the podcast hosts choosing to insert ads into their podcasts. I know this because I have a podcast with no ads.

    • kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Spotify is giving them that choice. It should say that it won’t run ads for premium users - only free ones.

      • ickplant@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        It’s not Spotify that’s “giving them that choice.” It’s the podcast distributor. For example, I use Red Circle, and I can choose to insert ads through them. Podcasts have the same ads regardless of the platform they are on. It’s not Spotify, it’s the podcasts. I don’t like ads either…

        • kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          How does it give me location specific ads if Spotify isn’t inserting the ad for them?