They would lose a lot of listeners doing that. I’ve stopped listening to plenty of podcasts that moved to Spotify – and I already subscribe to Spotify. Just out of principle. I will never listen to a podcast on Spotify.
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Ulrich@feddit.org 23 hours agoRegardless of what Spotify do, that style will always be out there, available on an RSS feed.
Will it though? What if your favorite creator decides they want to use Spotify to host because of their popularity and free hosting, but then they decide they don’t want to support RSS anymore?
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 hours ago
Ulrich@feddit.org 22 hours ago
They would lose a lot of listeners doing that.
They would lose some and gain many others. They wouldn’t be the first platform to gain from exclusivity.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 hours ago
Why overnight? I would just switch to radio then. If average people switch to Spotify then there’s nothing I can do about that. But I don’t have to listen to it.
Ulrich@feddit.org 16 hours ago
Why overnight?
Why not?
there’s nothing I can do
I’m not asking you to do anything except recognize the threat that Spotify poses to the entire industry.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 23 hours ago
I’ve lost a couple of podcasts to Spotify. Life goes on. I don’t begrudge anyone wanting to earn money, but I won’t support Spotify’s practices.
There’s such a wonderfully low barrier to entry these days that there’ll soon be something else coming down the pipe.
Ulrich@feddit.org 22 hours ago
Sure but the more market share they gain, the more podcasts you’ll lose. We’re only lucky that YouTube and Apple still give them a run for their money.