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I think it’s time to use my Apple Music included in family sub that I’m already paying for.
Why, is Apple Music going to have fewer podcast ads?
I'm not talking about Apple podcasts
Not really defending it, but with Spotify you're paying for the music. Podcasts are just there as an extra, unaffected by whether you're paying or not.
The good thing is that when they're actual Spotify platform ads instead of baked in, they're much easier to fast forward without accidentally skipping podcast content as well. So they're kind of an improvement.
Spotify has always included ads on podcasts because podcasts had already normalized that before Spotify took interest in them. As a result, they pivoted the value prop of Premium from “no ads” to “no ads on your _music_”.
Podcasts have always had ads on Spotify (used to be baked into the mp3) but now they change tracks / insert the latest ad when they play — it's more intrusive as it's a noticeable skip, and you're not allowed to fast forward anymore (ugh I don't need to hear the same ad every single time)
I always fast forward. It still works fine. (On the Spotify platform ads that are like a separate track, not just ads that are baked into the audio.)
Maybe that's a Premium thing?