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I'm sure he got paid big time. But his audience will shrink massively and he'll become a niche personality.
It'll be similar to what happened to Howard Stern when he went to satellite radio; he quickly faded into relative obscurity.
Edit: one thing we can do as consumers is to stop paying for a company that's trying to take over an open medium.
I don't listen to his show, but as a general podcast fan this is sad. This isn't the first podcast to move away from having a free and open feed of the show, but it is certainly the biggest and it opens the doors for a lot more exclusivity deals in the future.
Why is this sad? To me it illustrates that there is a lot of value in Spotify as a delivery mechanism and that the existing channels are not working. If anything it should inspire creative new solutions to the issue.
Also, most "real" podcast app have better playback options. I want to be able to see chapters, and skip silence, but forcing to use Spotify for an open format is bad for everyone. Podcasts are great because they are open, and give you choices in playback apps.
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Spotify is just as ban-happy as YouTube.
Links? Much more aware of the YouTube scene
Article really goes out of its way to let you know why you're supposed to hate Joe Rogan... I think it's probably a good move for his bank account but will piss off a lot of his fans. I casually follow him on Youtube, just watching clips mostly but occasionally full interviews. I never use Spotify for spoken word or video---and I probably won't follow him there.
That's too bad, I hope at least the old episodes remain on YouTube. Not only because it is simple and easy and free to find and listen to the episodes, but the associated visual content (clips, reactions) is good too. Would Elon's blunt hit have been nearly as entertaining in purely audio form?
My guess is that the show will still be released on YouTube. I think this just applies to the audio feed.
Article really goes out of its way to let you know why you're supposed to hate Joe Rogan... I think it's probably a good move for his bank account but will piss off a lot of his fans. I casually follow him on Youtube, just watching clips mostly but occasionally full interviews. I never use Spotify for spoken word or video---and I probably won't follow him there.
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I've listened to Joe Rogan for years and have found it educational and entertaining. It's fairly easy to listen while not agreeing to everything with his guests' viewpoints. I believe the content is high-quality, researched, and thoroughly unique. If you do not like the content, you don't need to listen to it.
When everything is "hate speech", nothing is hate speech. We often forget our own freedoms, especially the freedom of choice.
The comments here are insane. Why do HN readers have this defeatest attitude about absolutely everything? One prominent podcaster takes his show to one of the most popular music streaming services on the planet and the reaction is really "this is the end of podcasting as we know it" ???