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[–] 43 points 3 months ago* (10 children)

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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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Spotify doesn't put those in, the content creator does. And I suspect they won't be happy about this tool.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The content creator won't care but the sponsors might. YouTube has a similar system that skips over "commonly skipped segments" when you're fast forwarding. In practice it just means you skip past the section of the video where whoever it is reads the sponsors ad copy. It would have gotten skipped anyway, this feature just saves you a few seconds of putzing around trying to find the exact spot where the ad ends.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I have discontinued many subscription based services due to all the price hiking and/or changing features I originally paid for.

    Reading headlines like this always reassures me I've made the right choice. I used to pay for Amazon Prime (and the other sub channels that had content I enjoyed), Netflix, Spotify, Crave+Sportsnet. All of it replaced by YouTube Premium which I do get most of my money out of with its features including ad free music.

    It's been a couple years since I closed all my premium subscriptions and every so often I'll get an email asking me to rejoin for 5.99 for 3 months and regular pricing thereafter (or similar price points), which only tells me the price hiking isn't at all vital, it's having your credit card information. It's simple greed.

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