Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads
1–10 of 285 posts
Re: Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads
#2Very cool idea, I'm curious about how this was built and works.
I'm also curious if you think you'll face any challenges or if Apple will allow this to live on the play store?
Re: Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads
#3Pure curiosity, is this based off of Adblock Radio?
https://github.com/adblockradio/adblockradio
I've been curious for a while how hard it would be to proxy my podcast feeds through a local server that stripped ads. As far as I can tell, this stuff has to be done dynamically per-file -- sharing timestamps don't work because ads are dynamically injected during each download.
Re: Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads
#4I was thinking about making exactly this today while listening to 99PI. Decided that I would rather support the makers. I wish that the various apps allowed subscriptions to avoid ads in a given podcast. 99PI is doing a fundraising drive right now. As part of it, they share that 1/10,000 listeners donates. I would be happy to pay 99PI $1 a month for their podcasts if I could skip ads.
Re: Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads
#5I was thinking about making exactly this today while listening to 99PI. Decided that I would rather support the makers. I wish that the various apps allowed subscriptions to avoid ads in a given podcast. 99PI is doing a fundraising drive right now. As part of it, they share that 1/10,000 listeners donates. I would be happy to pay 99PI $1 a month for their podcasts if I could skip ads.
If the advertisers can't tell if you're using this app or a traditional podcast app, are you really supporting the makers any less by using this app? The advertisers won't pay them any less because they won't be able to know that x% of users didn't hear the ad.
Re: Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads
#6Next you could make an app that lets you go into small independent stores and shoplift things without getting caught.
Re: Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads
#7I was thinking about making exactly this today while listening to 99PI. Decided that I would rather support the makers. I wish that the various apps allowed subscriptions to avoid ads in a given podcast. 99PI is doing a fundraising drive right now. As part of it, they share that 1/10,000 listeners donates. I would be happy to pay 99PI $1 a month for their podcasts if I could skip ads.
If the advertisers can't tell if you're using this app or a traditional podcast app, are you really supporting the makers any less by using this app? The advertisers won't pay them any less because they won't be able to know that x% of users didn't hear the ad.
️ Good question. I see it as a moral/ethical line more than a technical one.
Re: Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads
#8I was thinking about making exactly this today while listening to 99PI. Decided that I would rather support the makers. I wish that the various apps allowed subscriptions to avoid ads in a given podcast. 99PI is doing a fundraising drive right now. As part of it, they share that 1/10,000 listeners donates. I would be happy to pay 99PI $1 a month for their podcasts if I could skip ads.
If the advertisers can't tell if you're using this app or a traditional podcast app, are you really supporting the makers any less by using this app? The advertisers won't pay them any less because they won't be able to know that x% of users didn't hear the ad.
That's how we're going to end up with tracking in podcasts :(
Re: Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads
#9Next you could make an app that lets you go into small independent stores and shoplift things without getting caught.
You wouldn't download a car.