I having been using Pandora for at least 10 years.  For many of those years I was a subscriber and paid a monthly fee for the app and the music.  At some point I found that I needed to cancel my subscription because of financial issues.  I continued to log on with my same user name but only with the free version.  I kid you not..... I would swear that I am being punished for canceling my subscription by having ads playing every 3 or 4 songs.  My husband, who has never subscribed, does not have the same experience.  He said he rarely gets any ads.  Is there some weird algorithm that I have fallen into that makes me have double or triple the ads as anyone else? I may create a whole new persona just to see if new users get as many ads as ex-subscribers.  I can't imagine that if you were a new user and had as many ads as a radio station that you would continue using the service.  What would be the point?   Aargh.  Okay, rant over. ... View more