[rahuldottech]

If no users are listening to ads, then no one will purchase ads on the podcasts and the revenue for the creators will dry up.

[naravara]

Or they find alternative revenue streams such as:

a.) Patronage/donation model b.) Paywalls c.) Integrated the advertising into the program rather than making it a separate ad read

[robbrown451]

Not sure if you are suggesting that is good or bad. I see all those as bad. I don't like being guilted, paywalls just suck (also for the podcasters, they lose all their word of mouth), and blurring the lines between ads and content is awful