According to the report, Spotify will raise its standard subscription rate by $1 next week, bringing the monthly cost from $9.99 to $10.99.
Tbf Spotify produced podcasts don’t have the ads baked in so you can skip them almost immediately.
Pretty sure the only ads on spotify podcasts are the ones built in to the podcast recording, like the audio file includes the ads
At least i never get any ads from spotify listening to podcasts, unless the people doing the podcast have ads
Ah i see. Idk if i’d call that an ad any more than any other recommended playlist or album on the home page being called an ad
If the ads are baked in, just hit the 15s jump button a couple of times until you get back into the podcast. The ones I listen to usually play music during the ads, so when I hear the music is over I know I’m back in the podcast.
Sorry, didn’t realize you were referring to promos that Spotify runs for their content. Yeah I guess they don’t have a way to turn that off, but it’s a simple button to get past.
Also, fast forwarding really is not a big deal. While I’m out walking my dog and kiddo I just tap my ear buds twice and it fast forwards 15 seconds past the baked in ads in the podcast.
Or you use a good adblocker and then get extremely irritated when you once in a while have to listen to an ad ;)
You just gotta stop listening to podcasts in Spotify. They’re hands down the worst listening experience for them.
couldn’t agree with you more. it can’t be that hard to give us an opt-out of podcasts altogether. there’s been an item for that on their feature request forum for as long as podcasts in spotify are a thing
they just don’t want to
I’ve started using Youtube Premium more since I get music, podcasts, and ad-free Youtube for 5 people. Much better deal. :)
It’s mostly part of Youtube but you can find it here: https://music.youtube.com/podcasts
I just wish YouTube Music would get better integration with more services. I really enjoy being able to seamlessly play Spotify on my PS5 while I’m playing games, and listening along with friends on Discord is also way easier on Spotify. If YouTube Music could get similar integrations, I’d probably drop Spotify, since I’m already paying for YouTube Premium as it is.
I subscribed to YouTube Premium a few days ago, after being a long-time Spotify subscriber. It really does seem like a viable alternative… except for the lack of something like Spotify connect. I can’t even control the playback on my computer or TV from my phone. It’s like every YouTube Music device is on their own, knowing nothing about the others. With Spotify I could seamlessly continue the playback of the song I was listening to in my car on my phone and later on the smart speaker in my apartment.
Yup, that’s another feature I get extensive use out of, too. I’ll sometimes queue up some music from my phone to play on my Nest speakers, and switch tracks from my watch. It’s just not as seamless of a process on YTM as it is on Spotify, unfortunately. Which is a shame, because Google could really be a serious contender in the music streaming space if they just invested a bit into the product.
I’ve tried out YouTube Premium a few weeks ago with the intention of replacing Spotify, but it just doesn’t do the job. I have a use case where I have one computer playing music, but I want to control it with another computer. I’ve yet to find another service that does what I need other than Spotify.
They were the last to do this. Can’t even be mad about it.
Pretty much inevitable I’ve been amazed they went this long. $10 just does not seem sustainable.
Im fairly sure they manage because they have so many subscriptions from people that barely use it.
They basically pay out per song played - and server costs are also largely dependent on active users. So they balance out a very active person that might incur 15$ in cost with 5 inactive people that incur not even a dollar.
I guess I don’t really know exactly how their model works, but I’m guessing that is only for independent artists. I bet they paid big bucks to the major record labels.
Well. Even more of a reason for me to keep not listening to music anymore.
