eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days ago

Spotify 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.

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Spotify 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.

eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days ago

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Spotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool

The tool encourages listeners to skip the ads, and even mentions of premium subscriptions

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14 days ago
I think Spotify are just leeching them.

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