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by api 887 days ago
The reason podcasts are so great as a medium is that they have not yet been “platformified” and many still just distribute with RSS.

Do not enshittify podcasts.
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brnt 887 days ago
Spotify took a dear podcast of mine 'private' (it has since been freed). Some have their own paywalls. Even some 'smaller' podcasts now feature network leaders. Many thus feature localized ads.

Not sure we're not already on that path.

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dugite-code 887 days ago
> Some have their own paywalls

Nothing wrong with paying for a product. A common method is a private patreon RSS (Atom) feed. It's still an open standard but the podcast earns money. It's at least a better option than the path Spotify took.

> Many thus feature localized ads.

I'm not against dynamic ads per-say, but it really reminds me of TV with the Ad's being wildly irrelevant to me and often being significantly loader than the actual podcast

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