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Some companies are evading it by sponsoring content. It's kind of ridiculous, but now I know companies like Square Cash, Me Undies, Parachute Sheets, Blue Apron
by colmvp 9y ago
Some companies are evading it by sponsoring content. It's kind of ridiculous, but now I know companies like Square Cash, Me Undies, Parachute Sheets, Blue Apron, The Great Courses Plus, and Casper Mattress by heart because they keep sponsoring a bunch of podcasts I listen to.
I totally get that podcasts have to earn money somehow, so I'm not mad or upset, but it has been an effective way of evading my usage of Ghostery and ublock / disassociation from social media.
- threeseed 9y agoFellow fan of the pod. They've done advertising really well. I am not even American and I can also remember every single sponsor and product they've ever advertised.
- hammock 9y agoOnly because it's new and relatively unsaturated...every new medium was the same way. When radio, TV and the internet each started running ads you could say the same thing.
- k-mcgrady 9y ago>> Only because it's new and relatively unsaturated Depends how long you've been listening to podcasts. There are lots of shows I listened to regularly for 3-5 years that I've completely stopped listening to because of the sheer volume of advertising (plus the fact that every week/day/episode the advertising is exactly the same). All TWiT Network shows for example are unsubscribed for me despite listening to about 10 of them and not missing an episode for years. So, in some older shows, saturation has definitely been reached. I think a lot of it is to do with necessary spending. Podcasts are so simple to make yet people put together networks that have these high-end studios and camera systems when all they really needed was some guests, a few $100 mics and Skype.