I don’t see the issue here.
I detest what Spotify has been, and is doing, to artists, but this isn’t that.
Spotify jump started a market by infusing it with cash, and then ran out of cash. It sounds similar to when a patron of the arts no longer has the funds available for patronage.
Yes, it sucks for those people who lost their funding, but podcasts are profitable all over without the patronage of Spotify.
I realize that those with a large overhead, or those who are otherwise just unable to adapt, are in a shit situation, but I suspect the rest of them, and those that follow, will adopt the modernization strategies of other successful podcast markets.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Spotify is hostile to making culture happen at home. I urge everyone to get off it
EvilBit@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Canceled back when they offered Joe Rogan $Texas to make everyone stupider.
IAmNotACat@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Any suggestions for alternatives? I switched to Apple Music a while back because it allows me play my own files on any of my devices, but for obvious reasons I’d prefer something else.
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Use AntennaPod. Free, open source and allows you to subscribe to all free podcasts. It has a search over three podcast indices included, which gives you anything that is openly available on the web.
fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev 3 months ago
pocket cast has an ios version.
used the android app for many years.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
Bandcamp, soundcloud, buying musical instruments off reverb
ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
SoundCloud?
other_cat@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I’ve been enjoying Tidal after switching.