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Do people still listen to podcasts? I lasted 3 months, and then moved to Audible.
by 0xbear 9y ago
Do people still listen to podcasts? I lasted 3 months, and then moved to Audible.
- dreamcompiler 9y agoI don't listen to them nearly as much as I used to, mostly because podcasts are so ad-laden these days. Listening to a two-minute ad for Ziprecruiter for every 7 minutes of content gets old fast.
- X86BSD 9y agoOddly the wife and I bit57 and moan about the same experience with google fiber tv. I swear we are watching 80% ads for 20% content. It's to the point we can't watch anything live anymore. We just record it and wait at least 30 minutes before playing it off the dvr so we can FF through all the freaking commercials. It's insane how were paying $70/mo to watch mostly ads. Advertising has gotten so out of control, on the web, podcasts, tv, etc.
- icebraining 9y agoThere are still a bunch of great podcasts with little or no ads. Mike Duncan's "History of Rome" and "Revolutions" (single ad at the start), Omega Tau (no ads), Econtalk (no ads), and Hardcore History (which has two ads, IIRC, but the episodes last literally hours). I think the difference is mostly between shows made by companies, or by individuals and non-profits. Gotta pay those investors.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago> I think the difference is mostly between shows made by companies, or by individuals and non-profits. Gotta pay those investors. Basically, the same situation as with videos and websites.
- thanatropism 9y agoWhat? Both Joe Rogan (individual) and NPR (nonprofit) are ad-laden as...
- icebraining 9y agoFair enough about NPR, I sometimes forget they are non-profit. As for Joe Rogan, I can't say I've heard his show. I was relating merely my personal experience.
- brazenbeef 9y agoRogan has a bunch of ads, but conveniently puts them all at the beginning of what's usually a 3h+ podcast... so you spend 30 seconds skipping forward through the 10 minutes of ads and then never hear an ad again.
- lostlogin 9y agoIn Overcast you can set the skip to a duration that roughly matches the advert duration (I’ve set 45 seconds, generally hitting it twice) and set the rewind to 15. 3 adverts per 60-90 mins seems a reasonable trade off to me, and if the shows you listen to pick their adverts right, they are actually worth listening to.
- Spooky23 9y agoI don’t mind ads. I just cannot hear about why Squarespace or Casper are awesome ever again.
- zimpenfish 9y agoWhat about Harry's? I, personally, cannot get enough of hearing about German blades.
- bpicolo 9y agoDo they come in Blue Apron?
- enraged_camel 9y agoIsn't it awesome how ads suck the life out of every single medium they touch?
- KGIII 9y agoBy 'brand name?' No. I still listen to people talk in pre-recorded episodic content, just not on an iPod, iPad, or iPhone. Sometimes they are videos, sometimes they are just voice. Usually, it is on a Linux device.
- krrrh 9y agoPodcast is by no means an Apple trademark or invention.
- KGIII 9y agoYes, I know. My reference was to them saying they'd moved to Audible and were no longer using podcasts. Audible provides episodic prerecorded media, basically a podcast by a different name. I probably could have been more clear. In my case, I do the same - except I don't use a client and nothing is automated or from any one particular service. Yeah, I could have been much more clear.
- 0xbear 9y agoI meant I’m now listening to audiobooks instead.