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[โ€“] P1r4nha@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's now been a while since I used Spotify, so no idea what it's like now. I started to get Spotify inserted adverts when listening to podcasts. After a month or so of getting adverts I stopped my subscription and moved to other sources of audio entertainment.

I paid for Spotify primarily to get away from adverts, secondly it was more convenient than being on the wavey seas with my parrot, black flag, and wooden leg.

[โ€“] SnowdenHeroOfOurTime@unilem.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's weird to me that people use Spotify for podcasts, a free medium established 10-15 years before Spotify even added them as a feature. Why not just use one of the free podcast apps that actually are mature and also designed for podcasts to begin with?

[โ€“] lemmyingly@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

I started with podcasts on Spotify because of the exclusivity of JRE. I listened to his podcasts because of the variety of guests, not for him.