I do find spotify ads very obnoxious. Mainly because I can easily listen to dozen of hours of musics per weeks, which results in me hearing the same ads over and over. This was a big reason why I got rid of TV years ago, got sick and tired of having to micromanage it with my PVR, or listen to the same stupid ad dozens or literately hundreds of times.

This was the main reason why Id go to IMDB (even tho I did not post often). Sure there would be troll post, but it was very easy to just ignore them. Finding interesting discussions and point of views was well worth ignore the odd comment. Seems like a drastic move. What alternatives do we have now?

I agree. It doesn't matter if the rest of the specs are great (or not) without a microsd card it just doesn't work for my needs.