Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong
by soiler on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @04:55PM
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Another thing I hated about podcasts when I used spotify: they still have ads. I find it pretty much intolerable to get ads on a paid service. But podcasts weren't near the top of the list of reasons I cut ties with spotify anyway. (Oh wait, actually their endorsement of Joe Rogan was very close to the top.)
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Spotify injects ads into the podcast?
no, the podcasts (or to be precise their distribution software) does. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Subscriptions/Ads-on-podcas...
Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong
by fphhotchips on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @06:33PM
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The first platform to solve this problem by offering a paid product that revenue shares back to the creator will get my $$$ as soon as I find it. I hoped this was what Spotify was up to, but clearly not. Youtube Premium could make an easy play in that space if they cared for it.
Dynamic ads ruin podcasts for me. Its the same 3 ads (often for other podcasts), and the technical execution leaves a lot to be desired. I'll often be listening to a podcast, only for it to repeat the last two minutes. That would be annoying by itself, but then the podcast cuts off 2 minutes before the actual end.
Doesn't YouTube Premium do that? I remember some creators saying they got a lot more money out of Premium views than ad views, but I don't know anything specific.
Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong
by fphhotchips on Tuesday February 21, 2023 @04:09AM
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(late reply) - yes, but not for podcasts.