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Google podcasts is shutting down
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#92YouTube is effectively a Google Podcasts platform already. Paying for YouTube Premium to avoid ads is some of the best money I spend each month. I wish I could do the same for Spotify podcast ads. I do pay for Spotify already to avoid ads in music, but I can't seem to avoid them for the Joe Rogan Experience.
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It's extremely expensive to store and distribute every video online. Plus, I use it like 10x a day. I dunno, that makes it worth it for me over Netflix which I use maybe once a week.
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#93The entire podcasts industry seems to be on a downward spiral. I feel like the days are numbered for Spotify's podcast dreams as well, looking at how little they are promoting them now in app or outside. What on earth happened? It was the hottest new thing in media, and then...everyone just collectively lost interest? Was it just the Covid bubble, or something else?
But but everyone else is selling shovels (Podcast Microphones, Cameras, Lights, streamdecks) so well.
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#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lots of podcasts do not exist on YouTube. There is no way to subscribe to feeds or auto-download episodes or any of the dozens of quality of life features that podcast users have been enjoying for over a decade. I subscribe to YouTube Premium but to consider it a replacement to a proper podcasting app seems naive to me.
If you like things inshittified, then it seems like a great idea. Let's put big tech in between me and the things I want to consume, when there's no need, and let them begin to try to make money off of it and make everything worse!
You mean like introducing ever increasing ad loads and removing background playback to a premium tier to create “value” for subscriptions while simultaneously trying to resurrect cable television despite the Internet being a thing, for example?
I love how hard people will advocate for their YouTube subscriptions like it’s the best thing ever.
YouTube’s recent changes are so Hollywood entertainment exec-esque lately (hey you got to make earnings at all costs!), as they gradually enshitify the Internet’s most popular and important content type, and they can do pretty much whatever they want because, really, they are an effective monopoly for UGC video delivery.
People LOVE espousing their “ad free subscriptions” and rail about the cost of video infrastructure, because they probably don’t remember when copyright broke down and there was a glimmer of the lack of false scarcity digital delivery actually could have created. You can’t download a car.
Google and Comcast literally were the ones who killed off peer-to-peer and decentralized solutions and made sure no competitor emerged. Bram Cohen had it right, but freedom scared big tech and video killed the radio star.
But please tell me how awesome YouTube “ad free” accounts are. In the meantime, enjoy shorts!
I miss the free Internet and actual disruptive innovation so much.
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#95Is youtube finally going to raise playback speed up to 3x from 2x? Feels like every popular podcast and audiobook player supports at least 3x now, it's not some niche feature. That alone makes youtube useless as a podcast platform for me. On the other hand, sponsorblocking podcasts... chefs kiss.
There are browser extensions that let you do it, but yes, I agree, 2x isn't enough.
Re: Google podcasts is shutting down
#96YouTube is effectively a Google Podcasts platform already. Paying for YouTube Premium to avoid ads is some of the best money I spend each month. I wish I could do the same for Spotify podcast ads. I do pay for Spotify already to avoid ads in music, but I can't seem to avoid them for the Joe Rogan Experience.
Lots of podcasts do not exist on YouTube. There is no way to subscribe to feeds or auto-download episodes or any of the dozens of quality of life features that podcast users have been enjoying for over a decade. I subscribe to YouTube Premium but to consider it a replacement to a proper podcasting app seems naive to me.
I'm able to subscribe to podcast feeds and have auto-downloads on the YT Music app.
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#97OK, I'm done. I need to migrate my email from gmail. It's going to be long and arduous. Suggestions on providers? Before you ask: No, I do not want to host my own mail.
Fastmail and protonmail are both solid email providers. And you can use your own domain name with either of them, reducing future friction if you should need to switch providers later.
Re: Google podcasts is shutting down
#98Is youtube finally going to raise playback speed up to 3x from 2x? Feels like every popular podcast and audiobook player supports at least 3x now, it's not some niche feature. That alone makes youtube useless as a podcast platform for me. On the other hand, sponsorblocking podcasts... chefs kiss.
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#99OK, I'm done. I need to migrate my email from gmail. It's going to be long and arduous. Suggestions on providers? Before you ask: No, I do not want to host my own mail.
I switched to Fastmail a few years ago and have been quite happy with it. Spam has not been a problem.
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
> but I feel €15/month is exorbitant amount for what we're getting in return I think it comes down to how often you use the platform. YouTube has been my primary media source for the last twelve years and ads are what paid for that. Now that I can pay $14 (USD) per month to give the people I watch a bit more, have no ads, downloads, and a few other nice little features, it was a no brainer for me. I have always gotte…
YouTube Music is $15/mo YouTube Premium is $19/mo
Depends on your location...
Or rather on what google thinks your location is (wink, wink ;)
It's much cheaper in developing countries