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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.

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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.

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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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They’re talking about the ads in podcasts put there by the podcasters. Not ads put there by Spotify.

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