Spotify's podcast bet went wrong

Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong by jtbayly on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @10:22PM (#34799681)

What I did was stop paying them because they kept trying to shove podcasts down my throat.

And I told them why I unsubscribed.

Pretty sure that’s better still.

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Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong by tpxl on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @05:05AM (#34801908)

What do you mean by 'shoving podcasts down my throat'? I pay for Spotify and I had trouble finding the podcasts in the app, and it doesn't recommend either. I'm from Europe though, maybe that explains it?

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Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong by boring_twenties on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:52AM (#34804582)

For me, and apparently thousands of others, it was insisting on showing these bullshit podcasts at the very top of my home screen. I had to scroll down past it to see any actual music.

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/All-Platforms-Po...

After a year or two of this they finally moved it further down the page where I don't have to see it every day, though.

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Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong by jtbayly on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @12:43PM (#34807586)

They were everywhere. Every search I did showed podcasts at least as prominently as music, for example. I don’t remember the details, but I think they even did popover ads in the app trying to get me to start listening to podcasts. On a paid account.

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Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong by dotBen on Thursday February 16, 2023 @06:19PM (#34828133)

Pretty sure that’s better still.

Nah, given their scale no one is probably listening to any arbitrary comment you sent it upon quitting, and from a behavior perspective they probably have no idea why you churned.

Like I said, keep using and paying for the product and don't use the feature you don't like - if others agree, they'll soon get the message.

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Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong by jtbayly on Sunday February 19, 2023 @07:21AM (#34857008)

If other users agree with me, then the message will be much louder and they will be much quicker to act.

You are their dream music-only listener. You don’t care how aggressive they get. The changes they are making clearly don’t bother you and you’ll keep shoveling money their direction no matter what they do.

I’d rather vote with my feet and wallet. If a company is too stupid to learn from hard cash then they’ll never learn from in-app statistics.

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