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by criddell 2389 days ago
It isn't clear exactly what they are doing nor have they said what their plans are.

I think NPR bought Pocket Casts and I doubt they spent all that money with no plans for a return on that investment.
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slenk 2389 days ago
I fear more and more podcasts are going to start locking you into a podcast app.

It's turning into the video streaming scene

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CharlesW 2389 days ago
> I fear more and more podcasts are going to start locking you into a podcast app.

Any podcast app can play any podcast, full stop. Podcasting is a simple and open medium.

Creators can make their shows available on closed platforms as well as distributing them as podcasts. When closed platforms become the only option for creator monetization, podcasting dies.

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criddell 2389 days ago
I think that's exactly what some of these companies think they are building - Netflix for podcasts. Unfortunately for them, there isn't a lot of value in podcasts for most people and I can't see that changing.
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slenk 2389 days ago
Exactly. My limit is $5/month and a lot of smaller podcasters seem to agree that it is an adequate amount for bonus content/no ads.

Hell, I know a few that for $1 or $2 they get the full ad-free podcast

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