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When did paid podcasts become a thing? (self.technology)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by reddig33 to c/technology

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Half the podcasts in my queue have suddenly become paid subscriptions. Meanwhile the overall industry is losing listeners. Seems like a lousy business model to not offer a free with ads feed. What a bizarre trend.

https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2023/2/9/23592684/decline-of-podcasts#:~:text=Monthly%20listenership%20to%20podcasts%20seems,podcasts%20has%20fallen%20as%20well.

https://www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2022/03/28/monthly-podcast-listening-is-down-for-the-first-time-in-almost-a-decade-according-to-study

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[–] reddig33 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A lot of podcasts have Patreon accounts, which I’m totally fine with. I think it’s a good model. But I’m not subscribing to yet another service to access a single podcast that I’m only sort of interested in.

[–] bearded_zero 0 points 1 year ago

That’s the problem I have. I can just yeet a few SATS while I’m listing not be forced to subscribe to something. It’s all about allowing the people to make the things they love and share it with the people that love it.