[thefourthchime]

Funny, I finally ditched Spotify last week. I just can’t stand the pop up ads, the cluttered interface, and frankly I’m sick of the recommendations.

So far I’ve been trying Apple Music, and have liked it so far. I’ve tried in the past but didn’t stick around long enough to learn how to use it.

Also, I have HomePods as speakers for my living room tv and found that “streaming” to them using Apple Music isn’t streaming, it sends the channel over to the device so you can do whatever on your phone or leave the house and it still plays. Much like Sonos.

[bjord]

I don't think it makes sense to compare free Spotify to paid Apple Music directly.

Am I confused here? I've personally never seen popup ads in (paid) Spotify, either on mobile or desktop.

[averageRoyalty]

I see ads all the time on paid Spitufy. Ads for podcasts are the most common ones. Just because the ad is for an in-house service doesn't make it not an ad.

[thefourthchime]

I am comparing paid Spotify, the ads I'm talking about are house ads. It's for things like a new Spofity special thing, or some new feature.