Ads getting exponentially worse?

In the last few weeks or months, it seems like all of the Ringer shows are getting butchered by ads. Ads just being dropped in in the middle of sentences, and a lot more of them. It’s really making it hard to enjoy them.

I listen on Apple Podcasts. Is this the case with Spotify? Or is there a paid level I should be listening to — it would be fair because I listen a lot. I prefer Apple’s platform to Spotify’s, but these ads are really bumming me out.

Is just a me thing, or is it just an example of our corporate overlords ruining things again.

Before anyone says it, yes I do know they are free and ad supported. But there are ways to do as breaks that doesn’t include cutting in the middle of a sentence.