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Intrusive ads disrupt meditation sessions in paid app

💚 healthproduct problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 3/5

A Calm subscriber reports that the app interrupts meditation sessions with advertisements, causing frustration and defeating the purpose of using the app for relaxation.

Who's affected: A paid subscriber of the Calm meditation app.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

What people do today

🔧 Fix this

Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A browser extension or app overlay that detects and mutes audio advertisements in meditation apps.
  2. A 'Zen Mode' toggle for meditation apps that strictly disables all non-essential audio interruptions during active sessions.
  3. A community-driven database that rates meditation apps based on the frequency and intrusiveness of ads for paid versus free users.
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Real voices

“within two minutes, the Calm meditation series wants to provide an ad. It just simply stops.”

Source: App Store review: calm

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