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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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[-] loom_in_essence@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

WTF is a seedbox?

I have no trouble listening to unlimited music, it's literally everywhere.

Plus it's not just about owning the album (although I absolutely insist on listening on whichever device I choose). It's also about paying the artist.

Sp0tify pays peanuts. When I buy the album from the band's site or bandcamp they get a hell of a lot more money from me. And I want to support them.

You cannot support any artist through Spotify.

[-] BURN@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

How I have to torrent cause my isp will cancel service over it.

If you’re pirating you’re not paying the artist at all. Spotify is better than pirating.

[-] loom_in_essence@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't pirate. I buy albums.

[-] BURN@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You’re advocating for piracy explicitly

If you're going to p1r@te, you don't have to pay sp0tify to do it...

[-] loom_in_essence@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm advocating using Bandcamp where the artist actually gets paid. Spotify is piracy, and I'm discouraging that.

Go to bandcamp and buy the actual album.

[-] BURN@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that’s not happening. I can’t afford to pay thousands of dollars a month for music. I’m going to continue using Spotify because at the end of the day it’s not my responsibility to determine how much the artists get paid. There’s a bunch of problems I care about, this isn’t one of them.

[-] loom_in_essence@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well at least you're honest about not caring about the artists.

Edit: but you could make a point of buying a couple albums per month if you listen to that much music.

[-] BURN@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I generally buy merch from the small bands I like, and the rest are multimillionaires already.

While I listen to a wide variety of music, it tends to be popular music from a wide range of times where they’ve already made a lot from it.

But also, yes, there’s a level of convenience I’m not willing to give up. When an artist pulls their music from Spotify, I tend to just not listen to them, through no fault of their own, but it’s where I listen to everything else.

I’m trying YouTube music out since it’s theoretically a bit better and I already pay for YouTube premium.

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