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I suspect why the majority of people don't skip is because the ads themselves aren't terrible. The worst aspect of ads is repetitiveness, which is why Hulu with
by chaostheory 9y ago
I suspect why the majority of people don't skip is because the ads themselves aren't terrible. The worst aspect of ads is repetitiveness, which is why Hulu with ads is unwatchable. Of the podcasts I listen to which are typically rated high on popularity, the ads typically aren't repetitive: they feel ad-hoc since they are done differently per episode, where it's almost like it's part of the entertainment. The only repetive ads I'm aware of are from Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History, which start to get tiring because they are exactly the same episode to episode.
- smashingfiasco 9y agoYou're kidding me, right? It seems like every mainstream podcast is supported by ad money from mail-order mattresses or mail-order meals. The NoSleep Podcast is the only one I've heard that dresses these ads up a bit. Even then, I still pay for the season pass so I don't have to listen to them.
- simplicio 9y agoI think at least some of it is how podcasts are consumed compared to other media. I (and I think most other people) listen to podcasts while doing something else, (jogging, washing dishes, driving, etc), which both makes pulling out my phone to fastforward through ads difficult, while at the same time, its easy to just shift my focus to whatever else I'm doing until the ad ends, making them less annoying.
- wolco 9y agoI listen to 2600 podcast and the ads can take up the entire show during a pledge drive but not in every show twice a year and it feels fun.