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cmsj · 2020-05-19 20:52:39+00:00

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If it's exclusive to Spotify, it's not a podcast anymore. That's fine, but it's just not a podcast, it's a show on Spotify.

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giantrobot | karma 5286 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2024-06-24 20:05:48

Spotify exclusive "podcasts" aren't really podcasts any longer. They're Spotify Exclusive Content calling themselves something that's no longer valid. The same is true of any platform exclusive content.

manuw | karma 364 | avg karma 6.07 · | 2020-04-29 06:54:33

Don't call it "Podcast" when it's only on Spotify.

mikewave | karma 215 | avg karma 2.31 · | 2021-08-25 17:37:20

> Spotify is trying to be the one that owns it.

If you're interested in pushing back on this, the Podcasting 2.0 community welcomes you. Check out https://podcastindex.org/ for details.

Podcast 2.0 apps have more metadata, chapters, cover art that can change like a slideshow during an episode, etc.

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jjulius | karma 8474 | avg karma 3.48 · | 2022-01-30 17:22:30

>This could decrease Spotify’s strong position as a music platform and drive a perception that they are becoming a podcast platform.

Spotify isn't without fault for that perception; they've been shoving podcasts down everyone's throats.

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input_sh | karma 8112 | avg karma 4.66 · | 2021-04-20 16:56:00

> I'm pretty sure that Spotify's API allows access to podcasts outside the official app.

I wouldn't be too sure about this. I know its API (or at least some parts of it) are only available to premium users, because they can't serve ads via third-party integrations.

I don't know if there's an exception for podcasts, but I wouldn't be surprised if your option is either the app or paying to not use the official app.

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scarface74 | karma 25313 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2020-02-10 14:49:31+00:00

Putting your podcast on Spotify is completely different than putting your podcast exclusively on Spotify. The former is like creating AMP pages for Google.

panick21_ | karma 6073 | avg karma 1.48 · | 2023-02-14 13:26:00

No shit, it was always clear that's what's gone happen.

Any podcast that goes exclusive on Spotify is simply a podcast I'm not gone listen to anymore. Luckily some of the podcast that were bought by Spotify are still available normally.

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dylan604 | karma 28008 | avg karma 1.81 · | 2024-02-07 12:13:32

> I dropped my Spotify subscription when it started getting exclusive rights on podcasts

To me, these no longer are podcasts, but are now shows hosted on Spotify. It's not different than any other talk show like Stern or some sportsball talking heads that are exclusive to XM/Sirius/ESPN/etc. It's just their shows don't have a "broadcast schedule". Maybe I'm just being too pedantic

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cultus | karma 1423 | avg karma 2.25 · | 2020-03-05 18:01:33

They're funding podcasts on the condition they are Spotify-exclusive. It's not about if you enjoy it or not, but just that you need to use Spotify to listen to a particular podcaast.

cxr | karma 4180 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2022-09-21 08:26:52

Spotify "podcasts" aren't really podcasts at all.

throwanem | karma 18321 | avg karma 2.56 · | 2020-05-27 12:33:18+00:00

How does that help prevent podcasts going Spotify-exclusive and ceasing to be podcasts?

m-localhost | karma 70 | avg karma 1.04 · | 2018-04-09 20:13:07+00:00

Unfortunately "Podcast" is becoming synonym with non-music content on Spotify & Co.

vanilla_nut | karma 2079 | avg karma 3.58 · | 2022-02-05 14:36:27

I prefer to call them Spodcasts.

If you're exclusive to spotify, you're not really a podcast. You're a spodcast.

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benhurmarcel | karma 2810 | avg karma 1.75 · | 2020-02-11 19:10:41

> It turns out, that most users who listen to podcasts on Spotify didn't listen to podcasts before.

Probably like music, where a lot of the people who listen on Spotify didn't pay for music before.

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thescriptkiddie | karma 2070 | avg karma 2.41 · | 2024-04-19 04:34:05

Is that true? I've heard multiple podcasters complain that they can't get their shows off of Spotify and ask their audiences not to listen there.

slenk | karma 1054 | avg karma 1.44 · | 2022-01-26 21:13:17

I just refuse to listen to podcast on Spotify that are exclusive because that is against the whole nature of podcasting.

vanilla_nut | karma 2079 | avg karma 3.58 · | 2023-01-25 21:29:14

If it's not primarily available on RSS, it's a not a podcast IMO. I prefer to call Spotify exclusives "Spodcasts."

CharlesW | karma 34884 | avg karma 5.2 · | 2022-07-18 12:37:15

Unfortunately, to Spotify's great delight, the word "podcast" has been successfully embraced, extended, and extinguished. Us technical types have been complicit in it by allowing the word "podcast" to mean audio shows on proprietary platforms that require proprietary players.

james_pm | karma 1545 | avg karma 5.27 · | 2019-02-06 13:27:41

This is potentially very bad for podcasting as an open, RSS-driven medium. Welcome to a world of "Spotify exclusive shows" not available on your favourite podcast player.