Spotify was beyond my wildest dreams for a while, and the advertising was an acceptable interruption, given the breadth of the service. But then (for me personally, obviously) the adverts gradually became the primary focus… it’s impossible to listen to e.g. a classical symphony without thinking “uh-oh, this segue to the next bit is going to be ruined by an advert”.

I’m sure I will pay for the full-fat Spotify at some point; it’s just that the increasing aggression of their advertising makes me feel less affection for them. All the free jamtrackcentral stuff is funded by advertising, but we’ve always been terrified of making that too overbearing and detracting from the actual content… that’s probably why I get annoyed at Spotify, even though they’re just a tad bigger than us :)

Spotify performs to your—apparent—satisfaction, has an option to pay to turn off the advertising, yet here http://bit.ly/mHbswk you’re complaining about the advertising on the free service.

Respectfully, I suggest that you’ve lost touch with what we can reasonably expect of free services.