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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    1 year ago

    I never understand this. Is someone paying for spotify to push their music on people?

    Is this like the new mlm scheme where artists have to pay spotify first so the algorithm prioritizes their songs so they can earn that same money back?

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      1 year ago

      The screenshot literally says “sponsored recommendation”. Not sure how much more clear it can be that somebody paid money for that.

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        1 year ago

        I ment to say I don’t get why anyone would pay for that.

        Artist are trying to get paid for people listening on Spotify, not the other way around.

        I guess It’s like advertising your product on amazon so people buy from you not others, but somehow it feels stupid when you think about it in the context of a music streaming service.