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Re:Spotify’s podcast plan went off the rails by SonicScrub on Thursday June 22, 2023 @09:28AM (#36431852)
I know I'm just one voice, but a podcast I listened to moved behind the Spotify platform, and I just stopped listening to it. I was already bought-in to that platform. I use Spotify premium for music. But only for music. I don't want my recommendations filling up with podcasts, I want my music platform to be my music platform. I use my podcast app for podcasts. It's better at it. And no amount of exclusives is going to change that when there is an endless ocean of interesting podcasts that can fill each my interest niches easily available on my podcast app.
Re:Spotify’s podcast plan went off the rails by dwaltrip on Thursday June 22, 2023 @10:55AM (#36433094)
I started using Spotify for podcasts occasionally, and it hasn’t seemed to clutter anything up for me. But if you already have a podcast app you love, that makes sense.
Re:Spotify’s podcast plan went off the rails by Shawnj2 on Thursday June 22, 2023 @11:00PM (#36442301)
Spotify’s podcast player is fine, but there are better ones. They clearly did put effort into it, it’s on par with the Apple Podcasts app IMO, but small indie apps have a knack for making better products than huge companies.