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by martimarkov 2689 days ago
Because you already pay with your time and attention when they play ads. Why should you pay for a subscription?
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Premium doesn't have any of those ads. And if you're blocking their ads you're not paying with time and attention. Spotify seems pretty reasonable to me, it's free with ads or you can pay for a better product with no ads.
As long as the ads are not running code on my device, yeah sure I understand it. When they allow for Javascript and iframes... Block them away.
Because the subscription service is ad-free?
Sure it's adfree but the parent said "because it brings you value". Well so do I when listening to the ads. My problem is the fact they allow for JS and iframes.
Because a few dollars a month is cheaper than your time lost listening to ads.
For me personally 100% true, is it for everyone else is another question. If you are in a 3rd world country then it might be more cost effective to listen to ads.