Re:Spotify is killing the open podcast ecosystem (2020)
by mvolfik on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @12:39PM
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Beware though that "available on Spotify" (idk Podimo) doesn't necessarily mean that it's exclusive there. But it's very common around here and many people use it for convenience (and the podcasts can advertise it as "look we are in this fancy mainstream app", not weird (?) RSS, while they likely offer that too). I myself used Spotify for freely available podcasts too, only recently switched to Podcast Addict for nerdy automatic download settings
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Re:Spotify is killing the open podcast ecosystem (2020)
by jackson1442 on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @12:47PM
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I believe Spotify, unless they buy an exclusive or something, still consumes RSS feeds to make podcasts work, so most anything on Spotify is freely available.
Re:Spotify is killing the open podcast ecosystem (2020)
by hobofan on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @06:13PM
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Yes. Started a podcast that's available on Spotify, which is as straightforward as entering the RSS feed URL of your podcast. I'm surprised they don't offer free hosting for podcasts directly via their platform, given all the other investments they are making in the space.