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Anon gets scammed (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Zanshi@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Wait what. I know some platforms for managing podcasts like Anchor shove in ads, sometimes even mid sentence, but this is the first I hear of Spotify itself inserting them

[–] vodka@feddit.org 26 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

This is what made a lot of people I know stop using Spotify for podcasts.

My coworker told me they were listening to a podcast, and while the podcasts host were mid ad read for their sponsor, Spotify put an ad in. So he got an ad during an ad.

[–] ExistingConsumingSpace@midwest.social 18 points 20 hours ago

Thanks, Xzibit.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 8 points 21 hours ago

Can confirm. I got annoyed with it and moved away from Spotify for podcasts a year or two ago. #NoRegrets

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 points 18 hours ago

Yeah even on free I never got a Spotify add on a podcast. Those were the podcasts themselves putting ads in.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Podcasters that upload to Spotify have the option of inserting ads and making money from this

Most of my podcasts don't but some do, actually I think the ABC is the only one that does, and it says if you don't want to hear advertising use their podcast app, so maybe it's a way of punishing us for not using their app

Then again besides the ABC's If you're listening all my other podcasts are french language learning ones...

[–] jeffep@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Did they stop just grabbing podcasts from the free web and playing them in Spotify? I remember from a few years ago that some podcasts were complaining and willing to sue Spotify for stealing their content.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

I can't find anything on this at all

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Why not just use antennapod?

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't care for podcasts at all, it's just because they're adjacent to the app I use the most that I stumbled upon them, the ones I listen to don't have ads except the abc's if you're listening and it's what, 30 seconds for something I listen to maybe once a month?

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 20 hours ago

Oh I gotcha that makes sense.