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Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers
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this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2026
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Amazon does it, YouTube does it. Everyone will do it eventually. Greed has no threshold
It has the threshold its victims allow by maintaining a relationship with the greedy.
YouTube does not do that, unless you’re referring to sponsorships which are mostly handled and organized and introduced to the viewer apart from YouTube’s meddling.