Podcasts will have ads no matter where you listen to them. That's not Spotify inserting them, it's the podcasts. I pay for a family subscription to Spotify, and I never get ads in between songs, not after updates or anything.
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That's not Spotify inserting them, it's the podcasts.
The podcast may elect whether or not to include it, but it's definitely Spotify performing the legwork. That is unless you think it's a coincidence that I (with my Spotify home address set to Iowa) got an ad from the Iowa HHS on a podcast by a British podcaster.
It's called dynamic ad insertion, and it's the podcast hosts choosing to insert ads into their podcasts. I know this because I have a podcast with no ads.
Spotify is giving them that choice. It should say that it won't run ads for premium users - only free ones.
It's not Spotify that's "giving them that choice." It's the podcast distributor. For example, I use Red Circle, and I can choose to insert ads through them. Podcasts have the same ads regardless of the platform they are on. It's not Spotify, it's the podcasts. I don't like ads either...
How does it give me location specific ads if Spotify isn't inserting the ad for them?
both things are true. The decision to include an ad is made by the podcast producer, but the dynamic ad is facilitated through Spotify's dynamic ad platform. Podcast producers have been including paid sponsorships in podcasts in addition to inserting ads in their podcasts. For the inserted ads, they will work with the podcast platforms to insert dynamic ads if the platform supports it (like spotify) or generic baked-in ads if the platform doesn't support it. Either way, inclusion of these ads is controlled by the producer, not the platform, so paying to remove platform-controlled ads won't remove these ads. If you want your podcast with no ads at all, you may need to see if the producer offers an ad-free version (possibly through a proprietary paid platform like patreon).
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Unless they're talking about ads that the podcasters themselves at to the recording. They're not all inserted by whatever platform you get them from. This is what they're referring to.
@ickplant sometimes they are. American podcast doesn't sometimes have german ads. And if they do, fuck them. That's like paying for netflix but some movies still have ads.
But it's literally the podcast hosts choosing to insert ads. Not Spotify. It would be like blaming Netflix because you didn't like what the characters are wearing on one of the movies.
Some movies do have ads - product placements. Yeah, they suck.
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Are you sure it's not just the podcasters that put ads on thier pods?
I have had Spotify premium basically seance launch and haven't heard a singel ad from them seance.
But I have never really listened to any pods.
What seance did you perform for the no ads? /s
I have no clue, maybe they favour their home country.
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What ads are you talking about? Music on Premium/Family has no audio ads period. The home screen offers music to listen to, but most are either genres you listen to, or overall popular items. I wouldn’t lump these in with ads for paper towels or fast food etc.
Podcasts are free and ad-supported. You might be able to get ad-free if you go out to each producer and subscribe. I think Wonderly did that maybe?
If you want to listen to podcasts, you should use a podcast app. Not an ad service with podcast functionality.
Podcasts are free (most of them). You can use any podcast app you like. I like poket casts, but you can find about 100 other apps.
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How long until musicians put ads in their songs
Boy do I have some bad news for you
*Before the real slim shady gets up let's hear a word from our sponsor... *
Can you share the news?
The news is that tons of artists take sponsorship deals to write a brand's name into the lyrics of their songs. It's particularly bad in country music but every genre has offenders
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Deezer or Apple Music come to my mind. Never witnessed any ads there.
Used both (currently on AM but used Deezer thanks to a free trial).
They both have their exclusives and they might do something in relation to, say, a new album launch, but I've not had any blatant advertising on either of them. Apple's Podcast app on iOS is free, if they have an iPhone.
YouTube music's paid service has no ads, and you also get no ads on regular ol' YouTube under the same sub as well.
Music streaming + no ads on YouTube on any device without doing anything is so nice. If that perk gets dropped I'll probably drop YouTube music completely.
They won't drop the perk, but they will keep raising the price 🫠
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A lot of podcasters have an ad-free subscription service you can get through their patreon.
It might be worth tracking these down individually.
This is what I use. The only downside is no downloading. Otherwise it's saved me money.
What is this?
Spotify patcher to spoof premium features
What they said. It patches the official Spotify app to give you premium features such as no ads and infinite skips. Only thing it doesn't have is downloads.
This is the way. Good share, friend.
I have been paying for Spotify for 5 years now and haven't had a single audio ad. The app is full of ads, but I think they all are.
Hppened to me yesterday. Podcast ended and suddenly an add played. Then itnplayed episode from another podcast entirely. Was weird af
That's probably from within the podcast itself.
I'm absolutely 100% certain it was not. Unfortunately I was not near the device so no idea what was happening but I know the podcast and it doesn't have adds
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Weird. Does that only happen with podcasts? I don't listen to podcasts, only music.
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A cd collection wouldn't have ads. Or like, a downloaded library
I can totally recommend AntennaPod as a Podcatcher.
InnerTune is great. It uses YT music. You can download musics from there. You can also login with your YT account to access your playlists. I am using it daily.
Xmanager on Android. Still Spotify but no ads.
Either use Newpipe or patch YouTube music with Revanced
For music I can only recommend spotube. It offers almost all features Spotify offers(except that Spotify que is better) and you can of course download music and don't have ads.
@BruceTwarzen I think Amazon Music offers ad-free versions of certain podcasts that partner with them if you have an Amazon Music subscription. Since the ads are usually inserted into the audio track by the podcast's creators themselves, the distribution platforms don't have control over where they are placed.
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