Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive multi-year deal

Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by css on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @04:24PM (#23239720)

I don't care about ads, I care about walled gardens. Especially walled gardens that are designed to spy on you. Right now there are basically no metrics adtech companies have for how listeners behave, and this changes that.

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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by bootlooped on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @04:29PM (#23239784)

Spotify doesn't add ads to music if you pay for it. I don't know about podcasts. If it was a viable business strategy for them to be paid-only, I think they would have done it, I'm pretty sure they make much more profit on paying customers than free ad-supported ones.

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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by css on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @04:31PM (#23239810)

Again, ads are not the issue. The freedom to listen without being spied on is.

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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by TylerE on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:31PM (#23241067)

You really think your http requests aren't being "spied on"? Especially since virtually every podcast is served via a CDN.

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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by Marsymars on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:49PM (#23243112)

I download podcasts in bulk by downloading every available episode, and then listening in the offline audio player of my choice. I repeat every year or three when I catch up on a particular podcast. I'm unwilling to give any further information about myself to podcast publishers.

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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by type0 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:55PM (#23241281)

You really think your phone conversations aren't being "spied on"? Especially since virtually every phonecall is set up via SS7.

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