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!? 😑

  • rubikcuberEnglish
    191•11 months ago

    If you’re not paying you are the product. If you ARE paying you are STILL the product. This is how big tech works.

    • sebinspaceEnglish
      40•11 months ago

      Basically every computer hardware manufacturer is collecting telemetry and sending it home. If you’re using MacOS or Windows, your OS is doing it aswell

      • @essteeyou@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21•11 months ago

        Or Android, or iOS, or a Chromebook, or whatever other OS you’re using next year, if it isn’t some sort of Linux/UNIX system… and even some of those might not be great, but at least you can find out.

        • panCatEEnglish
          9•11 months ago

          Tbh i have used linux on my home pc for years now and now they are very polished products , except most corporate apps are not there !

        • sebinspaceEnglish
          5•11 months ago

          I mean… Android and ChromeOS are Linux underneath. MacOS is… related to Unix. Hang on, I need to look up that lineage…

          Also Lineage.

          Edit: MacOS used/uses the Mach kernel, and uses code “derived from BSD”, vague as Wikipedia is. That could mean it’s a whole copy-paste or that it just borrows ideas from BSD.

          • panCatEEnglish
            5•11 months ago

            It has a history in the US anti trust (when the laws really worked)

          • @vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            2•11 months ago

            MacOS has userland tools from some FreeBSD version (quite obsolete, IIRC). Also there’s a port of bhyve called xhyve for MacOS. Its kernel I wouldn’t expect to have much in common with BSDs.

            • @somedaysoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1•11 months ago

              I wouldn’t know about market share, but why would market share be a disqualifier to your statement? GrapheneOS and LineageOS are both massive projects with a lot of users. It should be mentioned for those that might be interested to know that they have an option for privacy. Not saying you were doing this, but I hate the defeatist attitude that everything tracks so why try? It’s wrong.

              I use LineageOS and Linux and FOSS apps/software and selfhost services… if it’s something you care about, you can regain control and privacy over your data.

    • @NightOwl@lemmy.oneEnglish
      29•11 months ago

      You become the product with name, address, and payment details attached to the account for improved demographic data for them to collect. Win win.