“Google have given me 3 months free to YT Music and Google Music. Among those that departed, some of the cancellations seemed reactionary, though others feared a string of ‘artist spamming’ campaigns ahead. That is, unsubscribing and going to a competitor. Others hit Spotify where it hurts the most.

Just recently, the FTC outlawed advertising on social media platforms like Instagram that aren’t clearly attributed as ads. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for non-attributed advertising. That alleged ‘pay-for-play’ arrangement even caused one subscriber to report Spotify to the U.S. But Spotify has now been repeatedly accused of pushing Drake to its subscribers in exchange for advertising cash. We’re not sure of the arrangement between Drake’s label and Spotify.

In the thread, users who listened exclusively to genres like metal questioned why Spotify would suddenly recommend Drake-led playlists for genres like r&b. “Really shitty on Spotify’s behalf, I don’t want to pay to see adverts, it’s becoming Sky TV.”īeyond the absurd playlist mismatches, users with clearly different preferences were getting spammed with Drake-filled playlists. “The most crazy thing is a lot of the playlists aren’t related to him (Best of the British) and if they are, often they display his photo but the playlist has none of his songs in it?” “I also don’t listen to nor rate Drake,” another paying subscriber shared. Without warning, Apple downloaded the brand-new U2 album into 500 million iTunes account, whether people wanted it or not. The ‘stuff it down your throat’ approach is reminiscent of Apple’s 2014 push of U2’s Songs of Innocence. Even worse: most of those playlists didn’t have Drake in them at all, raising unexpected user experience issues. That included dozens of playlists that had zero connection to the rapper, including ‘Best of the British,’ ‘Ambient Chill,’ or ‘Fresh Gospel’. Others were wondering why the Canadian rapper was gracing the cover image of seemingly every playlist.

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