• ADTJ@feddit.uk
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      10 months ago

      No, some podcasts still have sponsors embedded in the content but that’s not Spotify themselves.

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      10 months ago

      The songs you listen to when you are listening on random are often ads. Record companies will do “pay for placement” deals to get songs and artists they promote out there.

      They used to call it payola when it was on the radio and it was illegal.