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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago…People listen to ads with their music?
minus-squareKrompus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIf you don’t pay for Spotify Premium, and you don’t have an ad blocker, Spotify Free is riddled with VERY LOUD AND DISRUPTIVE ADS.
minus-squareHeyJoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI only used Spotify briefly years ago. I had no idea you could actually block the audio ads they send you? That’s pretty cool if so.
minus-squareKrompus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoIt’s surprisingly easy. I use uBlock Origin in Waterfox (Firefox fork). The audio ads still “play”, but silently.
…People listen to ads with their music?
If you don’t pay for Spotify Premium, and you don’t have an ad blocker, Spotify Free is riddled with VERY LOUD AND DISRUPTIVE ADS.
I only used Spotify briefly years ago. I had no idea you could actually block the audio ads they send you? That’s pretty cool if so.
It’s surprisingly easy. I use uBlock Origin in Waterfox (Firefox fork). The audio ads still “play”, but silently.