mesa@piefed.social to Videos@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhy Everybody is Leaving Spotifywww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down12
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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 day ago…People listen to ads with their music?
minus-squareKrompus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 day agoIf you don’t pay for Spotify Premium, and you don’t have an ad blocker, Spotify Free is riddled with VERY LOUD AND DISRUPTIVE ADS.
minus-squarethesohoriots@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·23 hours agoQuiet Sufjan Stevens song fades to silence ”PISSING ALL BY YOURSELF HANDSOME?”
minus-squareHeyJoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 hours agoI only used Spotify briefly years ago. I had no idea you could actually block the audio ads they send you? That’s pretty cool if so.
minus-squareKrompus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-212 hours agoIt’s surprisingly easy. I use uBlock Origin in Waterfox (Firefox fork). The audio ads still “play”, but silently.
minus-squaredontsayaword@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoNot me, but i guess so. Either way there’s no way I’m supporting that.
minus-squareAxExRx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoMy phones DNS does it. I still usually use one of the free modded APIs though, because the lack of control is annoying.
…People listen to ads with their music?
If you don’t pay for Spotify Premium, and you don’t have an ad blocker, Spotify Free is riddled with VERY LOUD AND DISRUPTIVE ADS.
Quiet Sufjan Stevens song fades to silence
”PISSING ALL BY YOURSELF HANDSOME?”
I only used Spotify briefly years ago. I had no idea you could actually block the audio ads they send you? That’s pretty cool if so.
It’s surprisingly easy. I use uBlock Origin in Waterfox (Firefox fork). The audio ads still “play”, but silently.
Not me, but i guess so. Either way there’s no way I’m supporting that.
My phones DNS does it. I still usually use one of the free modded APIs though, because the lack of control is annoying.