Re:Why is every podcast sponsored by a VPN company?
by em-bee on Thursday September 15, 2022 @11:00AM
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it's an endless abyss. the intent is to trap you in the world of podcasts, so that you may never get out.
seriously though, i am listening to a lot of scifi audio drama and i really appreciate it when i learn about other series with related themes. so if there is one kind of ad that i don't mind it is that. i much prefer that over ads for vpns, mattresses or "cook your own meal" food deliveries.
Re:Why is every podcast sponsored by a VPN company?
by hedora on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:50AM
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Yeah; I'm a particularly big fan of the artist/voice actor bios that mention related podcasts.
Excuse me while I talk to my dial-a-therapist while chopping onions on my new tube-packed mattress.
I mostly listen to fiction podcasts, and other than mentioning related podcasts/magazines in author/narrator bios, they don't really sponsor each other. (Some do have sponsors; all have patreons, merchandise, etc.)
Are you hitting a Spotify "coordinated destruction of all that is good and holy" effect, or is it some genre-specific thing (like drop shipping cryptobro podcasts or something)?
I'm honestly curious, despite being snarky.