Speaking of podcasts, I had missed how npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 (npub1hyk…3p33) has recently written about exactly this.
"Where others were cautious, Spotify was reckless. It bought popular podcasts and podcast networks, then severely enshittified their programs by locking them inside Spotify's walled garden. Audience numbers plummeted, demoralizing podcast creators who were uninterested in the future date when Spotify and its Magic Underpants Gnomes would figure out how to wring more money out of the tiny cohort that stuck around."
Yes, even the Obamas broke off their deal with Spotify.
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/27/enshittification-resistance/
#podcasting
Per Axbom /
npub15y…nj00n
2023-02-04 06:24:38
in reply to nevent1q…fnh9
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