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!? 😑

  • @[email protected]
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    121 year ago

    Buy CDs from the artists you like, and then rip them to .flac using Exact Audio Copy! 😁

    • @ShunkW
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      151 year ago

      I use Bandcamp and usually will wait for the days they give artists 100% of the revenue and buy everything I’ve been waiting on. You get a flac download so you can secure your purchase in case the site shuts down later, but you also have access to streaming.

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        Bandcamp is great too! I’ve downloaded everything I’ve bought from there, but one artist deleted their page and now I can’t download what I purchased anymore. That’s the only negative I can think about.

        • @ShunkW
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          41 year ago

          Yeah I get that. That’s why I immediately download all purchases and back them up off site as well.

      • Jackie's Fridge
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        31 year ago

        Plus, Bandcamp will also recommend new music and related artists. The recommended artists at the bottom of a band/artists’s page are listed by the artist themselves, so you can pursue music that inspired the music you like.

        • @ShunkW
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          21 year ago

          Yeah and even the front page recommendations are so much better than anything Spotify ever gave me. Bandcamp is how I found one of my all time favorite bands, Zeal & Ardor.