I gave up on Spotify as I started to listen to more podcasts which had their own ads inside them let alone Spotify's. Now I'm paying for Youtube (never thought I'd be doing that) and using the new(ish) jump ahead feature to skip in-video ad segments including in video podcasts. Problem largely solved?
Just the thought of using YouTube as a PINO (podcast in name only) player makes me throw up a little.
If I can’t put an RSS feed in my podcast player of choice - it ain’t a podcast