Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting?

Re:Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting? by wyxuan on Sunday February 09, 2020 @09:34PM (#22285943)

Yeah the fragmenting has started, more and more spotify exclusive podcasts/ podcast episodes are making their way onto the platform.

I recently listened an episode to ELT (Every Little Thing, a gimlet podcast) where they embedded a survey into spotify. Seems like an omen for things to come.

My major qualm in the short term is that the spotify app doesn't do a good job separating music and podcasts.

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Re:Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting? by alextheparrot on Sunday February 09, 2020 @09:46PM (#22286012)

Can you clarify the last part? My Spotify app has two tabs at the top of libraries "Music" and "Podcasts". The home page is a bit less discrete, but still usually has the word "Podcast" in the subheaders.

I actually really like their daily drive auto-generated playlist, it is a combination of podcasts and music (And for a 1hr+ commute I have time to take in both long and short-form media).

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Re:Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting? by NikolaeVarius on Sunday February 09, 2020 @10:04PM (#22286102)

Its on the home page and I cant block it

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Re:Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting? by nradov on Sunday February 09, 2020 @10:45PM (#22286281)

I enjoy an occasional gimlet but how can someone produce a whole podcast about one cocktail?

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Re:Will Spotify Ruin Podcasting? by wyxuan on Monday February 10, 2020 @01:45AM (#22286909)

gimlet is a company acquired by spotify that makes many podcasts, although it would be boring if there was a podcast about one cocktail

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