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eicker@eicker@lemmy.world
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Spotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages.

podnews.net/article/spotify-threat-ad-skipping
A Spotify logo projected above a phone, with a skip-ahead buttonPodnewsSpotify threatens industry with ad-skipping toolThe tool encourages listeners to skip the ads, and even mentions of premium subscriptions
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scytale@scytale@piefed.zip
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Premium users

enabled them to skip ad breaks

Does not compute. Wtf is the point of paying for premium when you still get ads? Podcasts should automatically have the ads skipped if you’re paying for them.

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FluidBeef@FluidBeef@quokk.au
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I think Spotify are just leeching them.

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