• Fushuan [he/him]
        23·
        12 days ago

        It’s unofficially done by some Devs in their free time. I low key hate that it’s publicised as having a Linux client, other devices also have unofficial clients.

        Tidal also has Tidal-HiFi, an electron wrapper of the web client that enables HiFi music, which is pretty much all I care for a desktop client. It also pays artists much better so… Yeah.

        • protist@retrofed.comEnglish
          3·
          12 days ago

          While it’s got its faults, I’m a Pandora guy and find it vastly superior to Spotify, particularly when trying to find new music

      • froufoxEnglish
        2·
        12 days ago

        i use web and android apps for yt music and bandcamp

    • puppycat (she/her)
      1·
      12 days ago

      i use the th-ch gitHub for youtube music on linux (also has ad blockers, themes, and plugins)

      edit: i think its actually called pear desktop now?

  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
    66·
    13 days ago

    You get 30 minutes of ad-free listening, but not all in a row. Sounds like you got 8 minutes worth already; after this ad, you can get another 8 minutes.

  • oni ᓚᘏᗢ@lemmy.world
    23·
    12 days ago

    You can sue them. If is not specified that must be in a row you CAN sue, or at least you can report them with the competent organization. It’s in normal language, not legal language. People using spotify are not lawyers, are normal people. If the thing says “30 minutes free” it do must mean that, no “ooohhh you mean, 30 minutes, like, in row??” bullshit.

    Fuck Spotify. Also, I can’t hear the music that I want in their free plan, because I choose some song and the platform plays whatever they want. Again, fuck them.

  • Taokan@sh.itjust.works
    21·
    12 days ago

    In retrospect, it could be hilariously worth it to buy an ad spot and just play that “enjoy 30 minutes of ad free listening” blurb.

  • hobata@lemmy.ml
    11·
    12 days ago

    Usually you just redirect some host names to localhost and all your ad problems magically disappear.

    • null@lemmy.orgEnglish
      9·
      12 days ago

      Google is spending half their R&D budget trying to prevent this on YouTube.

      • hobata@lemmy.ml
        7·
        12 days ago

        Google folks aren’t stupid to serve ads from different host in their yt.

        • greyscale@lemmy.grey.oooEnglish
          3·
          12 days ago

          And yet, I’ve still not seen an advert on youtube since… 2020? maybe? Sometimes it spins a bit while ublock and youtubes advertising code fights it out, but its almost never stopped working.

          They’re dumb as fuck, or they know what they’re doing is dumb as fuck. But the emporer must have their new clothes and something must be done at the great expenditure of manpower specifically to enshittify the internet further.

          If the google folks weren’t stupid, they’d be doing something else. Atleast they’re not the same goobas running Azure.

          I wouldn’t want to be an apparatchik in that org.

          • 87Six@lemmy.zip
            2·
            12 days ago

            Yea they may be a bit clever but they’re no match for the guy with no budget in his underwear using his free time to go against them

            • greyscale@lemmy.grey.oooEnglish
              1·
              11 days ago

              Yeah its like… one side has to pay to fight the war, the other does it for the sheer joy of upsetting the former group

              Its a losing battle, and only one that “works” if the consumer is a dumbass.

  • biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works
    10·
    12 days ago

    Man I haven’t gotten that “30 minutes of uninterrupted listening” shit in a few months. I swear, they’ve been slowly increasing the amount of ads per song, from like 1 ad per 4 songs to I shit you not, 2 ads per song. I usually have to restart the web page since it gets stuck on desktop, or close the app on mobile. They’re probably overcompensating since they’re salty they aren’t getting any revenue from me.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      12 days ago

      I’ll never understand why people don’t just make playlists of music and save it down locally.

      I had no less than sixteen hours of music in CDs stuffed in my glove box back in college. Would cycle through that maybe once or twice a month. Maybe I’d throw on a little NPR if I was curious about the news. But why on God’s Green Earth would you subject yourself to the garbage radio networks available in the modern era?

      • Kairos@lemmy.today
        3·
        12 days ago

        Sending files from one device to another has been made intentionally difficult by phone makers.

      • szczuroarturo@programming.dev
        1·
        11 days ago

        I for example like the fresh experience so i really enjoy spotify discover weekly to listen through and find something i can put into my playlist. So in a way i dont have fixed playlist just my liked list

        But i also pay for spotify beacuse i listen to so much music with constant new additions to my playlist i legitematly think its one subscription thats worth the money and pretty much the only one i even use with the exception of a month of Netflix when new bogdan boner egzorcysta drops on Netflix roughly once a year ( not really possible to buy separately, but that man is a genius of polish cinematography so i will suffer through it so that he may get my support and continue his work ).

    • BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world
      5·
      12 days ago

      I hate the pay for ad-free subscription model. They use people’s personal data to optimize the experience, making their ads as annoying and disorienting as possible.

      When Reddit first unveiled their subscription, they began spamming my phone with obnoxious herpes advertisements. The ad just said “Herpes?” in big purple letters. Since this particular subject invoked a sense of fear and anxiety, it made me more likely to pay for their removal.

  • svc@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
    8·
    13 days ago

    It’s not telling you that you will receive 30 minutes of ad-free listening. It’s suggesting that you do that by upgrading to a more expensive tier. Or by other means 🏴‍☠️