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It seems they are about to have their bubble burst. It's probably the next wave of enshittification.
Somehow I think Podcasts will survive enshittification. The basis is just RSS and file hosting, so at its core, it's possible to create and distribute podcasts without huge capital investment. There's always gonna be some people trying to get their voices out and Podcasts still seems to be the easiest way to do that so until some better method comes out, podcasts will live on.
If you're talking about Podcast networks, streaming services, ad networks, then yeah, those might face some kind of enshittification and destruction, but no matter what, I'm pretty confident some good podcasts, and some good ways to listen to them, will stick around.
Despite Spotify’s best efforts 🥲
Thankfully Spotify's podcast platform still supplies RSS for most podcasts. The only exclusive podcast I listen to got so much backlash they had to make it non exclusive again
Which was that? Afaik heaveyweight still has one season exclusive to the platform
It's a podcast called Parenting Hell
So good. I love British panel shows and I'm a parent of young kids. It's one of my most-listened-to podcasts in the last 4 years.
Didn't realize it ever went Spotify exclusive. That must have been between my binge sessions; I've only listened (on Podcast Addict) to a small fraction of what my wife listens to (on Spotify).