AdBlock disabled but still receiving message "Ad-blocker detected"

...or you could just lighten up and allow ad-blockers on websites.  This might help attract more people.

Sorry, but this is complete nonsense. So you’re telling people to uninstall their ad-blocker, which in the modern day and age of the internet isn’t only used for blocking ads but also preventing websites to fingerpint your identity, potentially inject harmful content, etc. (the list could go on, but let’s leave it at that) just so you can generate some revenue? I switched to Deezer from Spotify after seeing a documentary about you and your idea to shift the market from a monopolizing industry to one, where individual artists and small communities could benefit as well. But telling users to expose themselves on all of the internet just so they could use your service and help support your idea is definitely not a step in the right direction. In a way, it’s even contradictory because you’re exposing every individual to the money making big players and their ad game now (think FB, Google, etc.)

Don’t get me wrong, I totally understand the point you’re trying to make here and I think ads are indeed a good option for you to offer the free service, but please don’t harm your users in the process… Spotify does this better. They seem to embed the ads in their music, so you cannot actively block them. I know you also experimented with this recently and I was annoyed with it but understood the change. One suggestion here is to please not play it on full volume (my ears burst otherwise) and not after every song. If you make it more gentle, users won’t have any problems with this approach, I presume.

Now on to the T&C you mention, I don’t find anything in there. Either you need to update them for all languages, or please provide an option that lets me read the English version. I’m from Germany and Article 2 literally states “you must have a highspeed internet connection” (which in itself is also a bit weird if you ask me). There’s no mention of any ad blocker in there. Same goes for Article 9 which in German T&C talks about subscriptions. That one doesn’t even apply to free users.

Again, apologies if this sounds a bit rough. It’s not meant that way at all, rather I’m trying to express my criticism as a very privacy focused person and see this as a nightmare that prevents me from using your services at all.