Oh no Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor in podcast push…
The more understanding you have around the music you stream, the more we can personalise the ad experience. Now we can take that to podcasts. - VP and Global Head of Advertising Sales at Spotify
@JohnPhilpin @adamprocter This quote suddenly makes my recent decision to switch to Apple Music feel a lot better.
@adamprocter Apple at least has a little bit of history in liking and supporting music and musicians. I think the people running Spotify are just awful.
@adamprocter Yeah, same here. Spotify has always seemed vaguely creepy and gross to me, and stuff like this helps me put specifics to my gut reaction.
@hutaffe funny ..I have never been tempted into the paid for Spotify fold ... but this might even take me away from their free product.
@stefp @adamprocter I got sceptical after I saw this thread on Twitter. The data they collect is really more than creepy. Also, there is still no official way to get all this information, despite GDPR.
@hutaffe I downloaded all the data Apple has on me including all the songs I had ever liked and so on. I didn’t find anything creepy.
@adamprocter I think it is time to take back personal media ownership. A monthly membership fee = on CD a month and install a media server... I have no idea why people embrace low bit rate streaming and renting music.