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[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Holy shit that price is just insane. No one is going to be willing to pay that when Spotify is cheaper by a lot...

[–] ijeff@lemdro.id 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do people really use Spotify for podcasts? I don't find it a great experience. Pocket Casts seems to be solid as a free app along with other alternatives (including open-source).

[–] Polo421@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure the only people who use Spotify for podcasts are unvaccinated Roganites

[–] whynotzoidberg@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just here to say fuck Dax Shepherd for being a Spotify exclusive podcaster.

It’s the only reason my family plan hasn’t been migrated, really. I don’t want to deal with that fall out.

[–] Radium@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Seriously. I have the Spotify app installed just to listen to his occasional podcast. It’s inspired me to start writing a self hosted app that will archive all your podcasts locally so next time a podcaster decides to sell out I won’t lost their back catalog. And then I also have a place to stream their newer stuff that I figure out a way to pirate.

The podcast market is in an extremely precarious state due to giant corporations like I heart media and spotify trying to insert themselves into the market, implement Chokepoints with exclusive content, and finally extinguish open alternatives.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Excited to here Dax has a podcast but also sad since I won't be listening to it.

[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Spotify for podcasts, though if the rumors of them increasing their sub is true, I'll be swapping to open source alternative's.

[–] ech0@lemdro.id 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Look at AntennaPod. Pretty app like Pocket Casts but is completely free and open source.

[–] ijeff@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just discovered yesterday that the Pocket Casts apps are also open source!

[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Already downloaded, cheers!

[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

Spotify is 10 a month for a normal subscription, so Pocket Casts is roughly a third of that for one year. I don't like Spotify for podcasts at all but it is a big part of the service nowadays. Still awfully expensive for Pocket Casts when you consider that it is just for podcasts and no music - unlike Spotify.

[–] Orange@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don't need to pay for the subscription to use PocketCasts for podcasts. There is a free version that does everything you would need it to.

[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

I know, I've been using it for years.