I can definitely relate to your very understandable complaint, Gudgeiner. I used to feel exactly the same way. "Outrageous!," I fumed. "ɎŦ does this on purpose as a motivation for people to become Premium Members. They'll never get a single penny from me!," I vowed. Eventually though, I caved and am now a Premium Member. Why? Three reasons: Firstly (and most significantly), I realized that it was in my best interest to do so. Before becoming a PM, the commercial interruptions were causing me to become extremely consternated - and who likes to be extremely consternated? There is no cure for that at my local pharmacy. The only remedy is to pay the monthly fee to be a Primo, which I can certainly afford. Secondly, ɎŦ (sorry for using alpha letters from foreign languages, but their algorithm picks up all references to the company, and I have already been banned more than once for some of my frank, but innocuous Comments) is not a charitable or philanthropic organization. It's raison d'être is to Make Money. As a supporter of the capitalist system, (which is by far the least pernicious, more productive and most humane socio-economic system available, even with all of its faults) I can't really criticize ɎŦ for that. Thirdly, even though I am fairly knowledgeable about Classical Music (especially music from the Baroque era), thanks to ɎŦ I have had the great pleasure of being introduced to composers (such as Giovanni Benedetto Platti) whom I had never even heard of heretofore. For me, that in itself is more than worth the cost of being a ɎŦ Prime Member. In time, as a purely practical matter, I think that you'll probably come to the same conclusion. Until then - Happy Listening!