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Because non-paying customers have the potential to become paying ones.
Plenty of businesses don't give away free samples, and survive fine.
*most businesses.
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Just like you can decide what is shown on your screen, they can decide to not let freeloaders use their service. You always have the option of paying for a subscription if having full control over what is shown on your screen is that important to you.
What do you mean freeloader? They chose to distribute the content for free, not me. If they mistakenly thought this would allow them to guarantee certain things to appear on some private citizen’s personal property, it sounds like a very foolish decision on their part. It might mean they have to shut down the free version of their content or something. If they try to circumvent my ability to control what is shown on…
> They chose to distribute the content for free, not me.
Yes, and now they are freely choosing NOT to distribute the content for free, except to people without adblockers.
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#723Good. Spotify has a pretty cheap paid option that removes all of that. To those who justify wanting the paid service for nothing by saying Spotify won't "take responsibility" or "assume liability" for their ads or those ads "might deliver malware" or are "intrusive" as a weak rationalization, you present a false dichotomy. There are at least three options: 1. Pay for the service 2. Suffer through the ads 3. Don't use…
preach!
Re: Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers
#724Good. Spotify has a pretty cheap paid option that removes all of that. To those who justify wanting the paid service for nothing by saying Spotify won't "take responsibility" or "assume liability" for their ads or those ads "might deliver malware" or are "intrusive" as a weak rationalization, you present a false dichotomy. There are at least three options: 1. Pay for the service 2. Suffer through the ads 3. Don't use…
I've been using the paid option for a long time and I'm considering canceling it because the android app is crap. Worked fine in the beginning but now it frequently takes forever to load, sometimes requires a restart, and sometimes when trying to play songs, it takes a minute or two until it actually starts the song. This usually happens only when I'm using it after I've used other apps in between but I see no reason why it would happen. Not one single other app on my phone does this.
It also very often does this if connection is bad which is super weird considering all the songs are supposed to be downloaded for offline consumption.
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So that leaves option one. Or for browser vendors to start shipping ad blockers or third party javascript blockers by default.
How many people have gotten malware from Spotify ads?
It is a thing that has happened.
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Spotify-Free...
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If you don't want to "subject yourself to personal harm" you can either not use the service or pay for the ad-free service. You don't have a right to use Spotify how you want. It's an online service, not a piece of personal property.
I believe I have the right to choose whenever possible which resources my computer downloads and what code my computer executes. That includes selecting which parts of a specific website or application I download and execute. If Spotify wants to refuse to fulfill requests for one resource (e.g. songs) separate from requests for another resource (e.g. ads), I have absolutely no problem with that. But if Spotify choose…
You get married.
The agreement between you and your significant other is that both parties will be faithful and to perform various duties within the relationship. Also, if the marriage is ended, both parties leave with their individual things/pay/etc.
You decide to play the field. Your significant other decides to leave you and you are now responsible for the tasks/financials that your significant other previously assisted with.
In agreements, you can't pick and choose the terms of the agreement you're willing to subject yourself to once they're settled (beyond renegotiating). In the Spotify case, they literally get nothing out of the arrangement if someone blocks their ads on the free tier whereas the person blocking said ads would be of the belief they're owed limitless listening to free music? That's pretty comical.
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My time searching for and discovery albums is invaluable to me. Spotify removes that satisfaction.
That's a valid reason. I don't think that most people have the same view, and after people experience Spotify playlists like Discovery, it's hard to go back to the old way of finding music.
I find those spotify generated playlists are really bad. I think they try to prefer music that's cheaper for them to play or something. Definitely not a great discovery tool for me.
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#728Yet FM radio is still free and no one can tell if you turn the radio down during ads
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#730I notice a ton of stuff is being piholed when I'm listening to Pandora, even though I still hear ads.