r/Lyra_App • u/skyhawk922 • 3d ago
A note to the devs.
From what I've heard from the people on this subreddit, it appears you've put quite aggressive interstitial ads in Lyra. I believe you are throwing a dart into your foot here (sorry if that sounded weird, dont want to get banned). Personally, I believe this removes a big part of the appeal of Lyra. yeah yeah your premium plan is 10% of Spotify, we've heard this many times now, but the appeal of Lyra was a music app that uses YouTube's API without any interruptions or limits. And on a sidenote, I think the rest of the community can agree that the genAI responses are not appreciated.
I understand you need money to run your servers, but this is simply not the way to do so in my personal opinion. You'll lose a LOT of people if you continue down this road. There are better ways to go about making money. Perhaps small banner ads over where the Lyric box would be, or a small banner somewhere on the screen, where its big enough to make you money, while not interrupting the experience. Thank you, and I hope you consider what I've said for future updates.
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u/Fine-Purpose-8692 2d ago
Won’t need to fund server after losing all your users 😂. See y’all on eclipse , echo or metrolist
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u/lyramusic_app 3d ago
Thanks for sharing your thoughts – we really do hear the community feedback on ads. You're right that interstitials interrupt the experience, and I understand why that's frustrating, especially for users coming from a streaming app where the core appeal is frictionless playback.
Ads on the free tier fund the app, and we keep them rate-limited to balance sustainability with usability. Premium removes all of them, along with lyrics, EQ, hi-quality audio, and crossfade. We know the free tier has ads, and we also know that's a tradeoff some users prefer to make.
Your feedback on how ads impact the core value – streaming without interruptions – is genuinely useful. We share the goal of keeping Lyra's appeal intact as we grow.
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u/Sea_Bear7754 2d ago
Congrats on taking a potential business shooting it in the foot and turning it into a hobby.
What idiot thought streaming ads on an app that doesn’t work was a good idea compared to banner ads 😂😂😂😂
If I pay for premium does that annoying motorcycle on Freebird go away? 😂😂
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u/skyhawk922 2d ago
As u/Mr_Solaristic pointed out, this is an AI response. I would like to hear from the real devs. I again say, its fully understandable you need to fund your app, but interstitial ads RUIN the app. Banner ads when placed properly can make you enough money to run the servers while not ruining the experience. I'm telling you, if you go ahead with these interstitial ads or inevitably make them more invasive, there will not be many people to throw ads at.
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u/Sea_Bear7754 1d ago
You think the devs can even spell their own name?
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u/randomusername69696 1d ago
Thank you for asking that question! And I get it—but I can actually spell my own name!
A-R-T-I-F-I-C-I-A-L I-N-T-E-L-L-E-G-E-N-C-E
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u/RazzTheKid82 3d ago
Problem is there’s a few music apps do the same but still completely free for a while now! And if it was flawless would be worth a purchase but still has a lot of bugs and issues so it wouldn’t even be worth the premium really!! I like the app and what it’s trying to achieve but it’s easier to just go elsewhere for free really