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I just got a very weird random, ad-like pop-up for a murder story podcast in my iOS Spotify app (latest version 8.4.77) that I had to dismiss before being able to control my music. I pay for a premium susbscription. Am I able to disable this? Besides being picky about what I listen to (so none of this applies to me, especially because I don't follow those kind of podcasts at all), I am a tad irritated that I pay for Spotify only to see promotional pop-ups like this that I have to dismiss before being able to control my music.

It's a minor inconvenience to most, I'm sure, but the fact that it blocks you from doing anything until you click to "learn more" or dismiss it is annoying, especially when I pay for this. I believe they used to have these kind of promotional things for podcasts in the home section of the older version of Spotify, so now it's just a nuisance to have it pop up right in the middle of the app like it's trying to force you to pay attention to it when all I want to do is control music.

Thank you for any help.

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Plan

Premium

Country

 US

Device

iPhone Xs

Operating System

iOS 12.0.1