I opened Spotify this morning to be greeted by a modal popup with a “sponsored recommendation”.

Why am I seeing ads if I’m already paying for the premium plan!? 😑

  • HiramFromTheChiEnglish
    13•10 months ago

    The whole notion of “If you’re not the product, then you’re the product” died a while ago.

    Now, you’re paying for the product, and you continue to be the product.

    Paying for the product = monthly/yearly subscription You’re the product = unique identifiers, data mining/harvesting, tracked across the web, etc. Perhaps even training some AI models in the background, too.

    • @TheCee@programming.devEnglish
      3•10 months ago

      Now, you’re paying for the product, and you continue to be the product.

      So this is what “neofeudalism” boils down to?

      • @0ddysseusEnglish
        4•10 months ago

        That’s more “the oligarchs own and run everything and you must work for their benefit or you die”