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!? 😑

    • Pyro
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      61 year ago

      Haven’t ads always been recommendations in some roundabout way? Regular ads are technically just a company recommending their own product/service to you (whether you need it or not).

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      I mean, real life recommendations are more often than not that too. I mean, ones you get asking friends.

      • @Pontishmonti
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        11 year ago

        I would bet that on Spotify most people discover music by listening to personalized generated playlists and not by waiting for ads to guide them. Have you ever used Spotify?