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So get the free content without giving the content provider money or any opportunity to monetize via ads ? And expect that they will give quality content forever ?
Cool idea? Yes. Good idea? No. If we do stuff like this, the podcast industry will switch to a closed system which would require you to install proprietary apps to listen to stuff. Likely several different apps for different shows and companies. As it exists today, it's a very open system, with publicly accessible feeds and the ability to use any app. Don't ruin it. It's not hard to press the "skip forward 30 seconds…
I agree that this app is somewhat less than ethical and that folks should refrain from using or supporting it. It's one thing to block 3rd-party ads on the Web, which come with fairly severe privacy implications for the user and ruin their Web browsing experience - but none of this applies to ads which are simply part of an open audio podcast. If the industry shifts to proprietary players in order to enforce ads, thi…
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Yeah. I'm glad they haven't taken off much. I love how open the podcast system is. I'd absolutely hate for it to be ruined.
I'm not actually against paid-for podcasts, but hiving it off into a separate app does not appeal.
Popular podcasters do make money through Patreon for example, not everything comes down to advertising.
And for frank, honest commentary, I think I would rather not have advertiser influence over podcasts, just like the news.
And many people do podcasts just out of passion or a hobby...they are more like blogs than anything else.
I block ads on the web because web advertising networks proved that they had no respect for user privacy, lacked security controls around their ad delivery, and were targeting using data that they probably shouldn’t have had access to. Podcasts do not suffer from this. It’s much harder to identify a user, the ads aren’t software, just audio, so security is better and there’s not much way to see who is listening to th…
With podcast ads that are just inlined in the audio stream and based only on content, not user tracking, I'm perfectly happy to either listen to them if they're interesting or tap the 30 second skip button if they're not. (I probably only bother fishing my phone out to tap the 30 second skip button 15% of the time. They're more frequently interesting me enough for me to do a web search for the company that's advertised.)
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How do you know about the merch or Patreon? Do they not even tell you about it? Because if they do, that's an ad.
There's a huge difference between being asked to support the people making something you enjoy and allowing totally unrelated and reactionary monied interests access to my attention. The latter can talk to the hand because I don't wanna hear about it.
I don't like being guilted, I really don't. But I understand that some feel differently.
I think that many people already skip the ads using the 30 second skip forward button. I know I did before building this app.
I'm also thinking about safety -- people driving their car and reaching for their phone to skip the ads.
I'm still shocked that Google has not made a podcast platform wherein they manage the ads and subscriptions. Host the audio, inject ads at the breaks, allow paid subscriptions that remove the ads, have a monthly payment option, etc. Basically half YouTube half Audible. I do listen to one podcast that has an ad-free feed for patreon supporters. It works rather well and they have add a surprising amount of bonus conten…
I find it interesting that their terms of use attempts to place restrictions on linking to their homepage : https://adskippro.com/terms.html I also find it interesting that this is in the terms, when their app is $1.99: > To the extent that the app and the information and services on the app are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.