They’re talking about the ads in podcasts put there by the podcasters. Not ads put there by Spotify.

Which are always less obnoxious, or obnoxious in the house style.

“obnoxious in the house style” is hilarious to me, but I know exactly what you’re talking about.

I have Spotify premium (the one single subscription habit I allow myself) and haven’t heard an ad for years. But that is for music.

They are talking about when Spotify is used for podcasts and long form content, where creators often insert sponsored sections by themselves.

I mean they already have a 5 second skip button. I just hit it a few times and podcaster ad is over.

I cancelled because Spotify was injecting their own ads in my podcasts. Like clearly injected ads and not the podcasters’ embedded ones. Not sure if they are still doing it but that was the last straw for me as a long time premium member.

Out of all the subscriptions you picked the one
which makes one person richer on basis of other peoples media.

I have premium family, but the only ads I hear are the ones that creaters put in themselves. I don’t mind those as much.

Edit: what joe said

Its akin to paying for a movie and being pissed off that Mercedes paid to have their car in it.

The people we are listening to have sponsors and deals. I would prefer they didnt but it is what it is.

A character simply driving a Mercedes car is one thing. But podcast ads are more akin to a movie character entirely interrupting the flow of the film to stop and talk for two minutes straight about how great Mercedes is and to recite a series of specifications about that model car and gush at what a low price it is.

Like stranger things did with new coke

Or Bones with the Prius. Several episodes where the character brags about the GPS and the parking assist at length.

Transformers did it bud lite. The difference is one if meant to have a fourth wall.

I’m not defending ads, I hate them and block them almost entirely. And fuck spotify, their product gets worse every year. But its not spotify being shite to premium subs that podcasters have sponsors.