eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoSpotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages.podnews.netexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down16
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkSpotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages.podnews.neteicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64arrow-down1·edit-215 hours agoI have Spotify premium (the one single subscription habit I allow myself) and haven’t heard an ad for years. But that is for music. They are talking about when Spotify is used for podcasts and long form content, where creators often insert sponsored sections by themselves.
minus-squareKühlschrank@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 minutes agoI cancelled because Spotify was injecting their own ads in my podcasts. Like clearly injected ads and not the podcasters’ embedded ones. Not sure if they are still doing it but that was the last straw for me as a long time premium member.
minus-squareGreatWhiteBuffalo41@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoI mean they already have a 5 second skip button. I just hit it a few times and podcaster ad is over.
I have Spotify premium (the one single subscription habit I allow myself) and haven’t heard an ad for years. But that is for music.
They are talking about when Spotify is used for podcasts and long form content, where creators often insert sponsored sections by themselves.
I cancelled because Spotify was injecting their own ads in my podcasts. Like clearly injected ads and not the podcasters’ embedded ones. Not sure if they are still doing it but that was the last straw for me as a long time premium member.
I mean they already have a 5 second skip button. I just hit it a few times and podcaster ad is over.