Sad, Pandora; sad. I left your service about 1 month after my experiences with the issues described in this thread. If you claim that all the ads passed the corporate vetting, then I'm even more glad to no longer be a patron of your company. Recommending that users subscribe to a paid membership level seems like classic-and-shameful capitalism. No, thank you; I preferred a smaller playlist than to endorse your plan with my dollars. I have no interest in paying your company to continue allowing such grossly inappropriate ads to be widely inflicted upon unpaying users, as if Pandora is so desperate for income that it prioritizes it over being a trusted platform. What's next? Porn-site and gang-recruiting ads to pay your electricity bill?! It seems that 'Pandora's box' has destroyed its own hope, and prioritizes only what pays. ... No. My solution is to leave to Pandora and its sick mentality. I wish upon you a conviction that restores you to integrity. Until then, so long.
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