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Is there a Spotify alternative that has no ads?

I pay for Spotify for 7 years or so now and i'm so sick of all the ads. After every update there seems to be an: oops, sorry, you have ads now. Podcasts are filled with ads. I was just listening to a podcast where they shoved in 3 ads mid-sentence. How long until musicians put ads in their songs. I'm just so sick of it.

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[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 68 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] kn33@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] kn33@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Spotify is giving them that choice. It should say that it won't run ads for premium users - only free ones.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

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...

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[-] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

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.

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[-] SgtAStrawberry@lemmy.world 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] notsorryforpartying@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

What seance did you perform for the no ads? /s

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I've been paying for Spotify for about the same length of time and I still haven't heard a single ad placed by Spotify since going Premium. Any ads I've heard in podcasts are like the sponsored segments on a YouTube video; put there by the people making the podcast, not by Spotify and exist in the podcast no matter what source you got it from.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's weird, I've seen quite a few posts like the OP relatively recently complaining about how Spotify premium suddenly has ads now. Yet I've had a premium subscription for 10 year now (rip my $$$) and have yet to hear a single ad since subbing. Well, unless it's a sponsored segment placed in there by the creator.

Maybe it's because I don't listen to many podcasts? But even when I have, I have literally never heard a Spotify ad. Maybe the specific podcasts I've listened to don't have the "feature" that OP describes.

Maybe it's regional? Maybe it's an error? Maybe OP doesn't recognize ads placed there by the content creator?

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Could even be their subscription lapsed and they somehow didn't notice. It has, occasionally, not popped up with the big red banner telling me my payment didn't go through and I only knew something was wrong because I get ads and can't play the exact song I want because I was no longer using Premium.

[-] phillaholic@lemm.ee 27 points 11 months ago

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?

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 24 points 11 months ago

How long until musicians put ads in their songs

Boy do I have some bad news for you

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

*Before the real slim shady gets up let's hear a word from our sponsor... *

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[-] tja@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago

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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[-] retrolasered@lemmy.zip 19 points 11 months ago
[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 4 points 11 months ago

I second Spotube. I actually do pay for Spotify, but I've considered moving to Spotube entirely. I was really impressed when I tried it.

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

@LinkOpensChest_wav what does it do exactly. I downloaded it and linked my Spotify account.

@retrolasered

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago

Ok so if you connected your Spotify account, then it should have your saved playlists and so forth in your library. You can stream or even download these tracks, just like with Spotify Premium. You should also be able to create new playlists/save content to your library.

It even has some features that Spotify doesn't have. For example, you can totally block specific artists. So like for me, I fucking hate The Dwarves, and Spotify always recommends them to me. On Spotube, I was able to block them. (I'd have to refresh my memory on how.)

The catch is, it doesn't use actual content from Spotify at all. Instead, it grabs these tracks from YouTube's API. At least, that's how it worked when I used it. If you try to download too much content at once, it will make you confirm that you understand that your ISP or someone might notice and take action, so ... download judiciously, I guess?

I usually have a pretty solid mobile data connection, so I never bothered with downloading.

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[-] tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social 17 points 11 months ago

!piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[-] nachtigall@feddit.de 12 points 11 months ago

Deezer or Apple Music come to my mind. Never witnessed any ads there.

[-] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] sunbytes@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

A lot of podcasters have an ad-free subscription service you can get through their patreon.

It might be worth tracking these down individually.

[-] alliswell33@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 11 months ago

https://www.xmanagerapp.com/

This is what I use. The only downside is no downloading. Otherwise it's saved me money.

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[-] A_Toasty_Strudel@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

YouTube music's paid service has no ads, and you also get no ads on regular ol' YouTube under the same sub as well.

[-] ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

They won't drop the perk, but they will keep raising the price 🫠

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[-] IuseArchbtw@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago

I can totally recommend AntennaPod as a Podcatcher.

[-] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

A cd collection wouldn't have ads. Or like, a downloaded library

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 4 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] illi@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Hppened to me yesterday. Podcast ended and suddenly an add played. Then itnplayed episode from another podcast entirely. Was weird af

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

That's probably from within the podcast itself.

[-] illi@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

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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[-] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 11 months ago

Weird. Does that only happen with podcasts? I don't listen to podcasts, only music.

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[-] skybreaker@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Xmanager on Android. Still Spotify but no ads.

[-] Fake4000@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Either use Newpipe or patch YouTube music with Revanced

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

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.

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