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Submitted 3 weeks ago by Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
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qkall@friendica.world 3 weeks ago
@Lemmynated please consider qobuz if you can't self host and such.cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I’m on Apple Music and I don’t get ads. Spotify Premium users do??
ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 3 weeks ago
There are on podcasts, but not on regular music
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 3 weeks ago
I guess this may ads in podcast type stuff? don’t know.
Yeah:
In a significant threat to ad-funded shows, Spotify is testing a new feature in its app that will let users skip the ads in podcasts.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Title didn’t mention podcasts, at all.
But it says premium users, who are paying. If you’re paying, you should be able to skip ads. If they’re ad funded, they shouldn’t be charging for access. If they’re ad funded and aren’t charging for access, but Spotify is letting premium users skip the ads, Spotify should be paying them.
VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Lots of podcasts come with sponsor segments baked in. This is basically shipping a SponsorBlock light on-platform
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
And the problem with that is…?
cowfodder@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yes. In podcasts. Just like Apple Music users do.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I’ve never seen podcasts in Apple Music. Then again, I don’t go looking for them. I mainly do audiobooks… and the ones I play don’t have ads. ;)
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Weird, I don’t use Spotify at all and don’t have any problems like this.
artyom@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Are they blocking Spotify ads or host-added ads, a la SponsorBlock? Because I understand YT has been doing the latter for a good long while.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Hunh. The open-source version I use does all that and more, for free. 🤔🤷🏼♂️
stsquad@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Which is that? I’ve been experimenting with what it would take to auto detect ad reads in podcasts but I hadn’t come across any existing projects in my research.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
There are several to research.
FMHYdotnet may be useful.