How do I remove these kind of ads from Spotify?

[fooobar]

I use Android with Spotify Premium but get the attached type of Ads.

I do not want any ads. I'm paying for that.

( I couldn't care less about David Guettas new release)

 

[Adam1313]

The only answer to that is pirating. I doubt Spotify will let us filter out these ads even though we're paying customers. Getting pop-ups for every gimmick they come up with that doesn't function properly, that concert you never had any interest in going to, the new merch from an artist you've never wanted before. It will always be on spotify, unfortunately. These suggestion and help boards are largely to assuage people momentarily until they forget their complaint, not change things spotify knows they can use to bilk more money out of all consumers.

In order to have that type of change you'd need very large portions of their customers to complain, and even then I've seen them just shut down the suggestion board on topics that get too popular if they don't agree with it like changing the heart/like button. 

[gB3organ]

Spotify advertise an "ad free" service, then spam Premium users with ads, calling them "sponsored recommendations, not ads" but we all know they're ads, because record companies pay using the Marquee tool (https://artists.spotify.com/blog/getting-started-with-marquee) and concert promotion (https://artists.spotify.com/live-events) to push out ads. Spotify support say they have no control, it's in the hands of artists (aka record companies).

I still have some hope that Spotify HQ will hear the chorus of complaints about their premium advertisements. 

I've noticed there are multiple threads about this in the forums, but spotify are either ignoring them or saying "they're not ads, they're recommendations"

[fooobar]

It has not been banners for a while but today I got another one plus a huge banner for Spotify Family.

I will never listen to "Smash into Pieces" for sure.

[MatousAc]

I'm paying for premium and am getting sponsored recommendations. Spotify says "Hey, I know this is an ad,  but it's based on your listening preferences, so try it out." So I do.

Obviously Spotify is full of sh*t cause an album full of rap starts playing and I've never listened to any of that on my account. 🤦🏼

[Adam1313]

It's always about revenue above everything else. If spotify has to do shady things like lie to our faces while they spam us with ads ontheir "ad-free" service, they will until they get some type of legal action or something. 

Same as a thief just constantly grabbing things. They know they get away with it, so they'll do it until it's not viable anymore, then they'll start finding a different way to pick a pocket. 

[-Karma-]

Im a premium user and these ads banners and popups about artists and songs I never listen to are driving me crazy. This is insanely disrespectful towards all paying customers!!