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.

  • ickplant@lemmy.world
    21·
    7 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.worldEnglish
      52·
      7 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
        11·
        7 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…

        • AeroLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
          7·
          7 months ago

          This is correct. I use AntennaPod and one of the podcasts I listen to started using dynamic insertion along with normal sponsorships.

          I dropped that podcast.

        • kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          7 months ago

          How does it give me location specific ads if Spotify isn’t inserting the ad for them?

          • misophist@lemmy.world
            6·
            7 months ago

            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).