eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoSpotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages.podnews.netexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down16
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkSpotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages.podnews.neteicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60arrow-down1·edit-212 hours agoI 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.
minus-squareGreatWhiteBuffalo41@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 hours agoI mean they already have a 5 second skip button. I just hit it a few times and podcaster ad is over.
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.