Spotify is still serving paid…
Spotify is still serving paid advertisements before podcasts, despite my having a Premium subscription. To be clear, I am not referring to ads that are embedded in the podcast by the creator or host. These are Spotify-delivered ads that play before the podcast starts. I contacted Customer Support and was informed that this is the expected behaviour under the current offering. Frankly, I find this quite disappointing. Paying for a Premium subscription while still being served ads before content starts feels contrary to the purpose of a paid, ad-free service. In my view, this significantly reduces the value of the subscription and creates a poor customer experience, zero value in paying for Sportify!