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The feature that I'm looking for in a podcast service (especially one that calls itself "Like Netflix") is ad-free content. I'd be happy to pay a monthly fee

The feature that I'm looking for in a podcast service (especially one that calls itself "Like Netflix") is ad-free content. I'd be happy to pay a monthly fee not to hear yet another ad for the same darned things over and over and over again on my favorite podcasts.

snaky 8y ago
You better learn Chinese then. Podcasts is $7 bln business there, not ad-driven.
dreamcompiler 8y ago
Agreed. I'm thoroughly conditioned not to tolerate commercials any more and when one comes on, I turn off the source. This is why I don't listen to podcasts any more. If Netflix had commercials, I'd drop my subscription yesterday.
- fokinsean 8y ago
  It's not too difficult to hit the "Skip forward 15 seconds" button a few times.
  - oliveshell 8y ago
    It’s even easier now that the iOS podcast app lets you choose a skip duration for the forward and backward buttons— I’ve got mine set to skip 45 seconds forward and 15 back.
  - joshstrange 8y ago
    Yes, Overcast, at least, lets you configure your prev/next buttons and I have mine set to 15 seconds. I know based on the podcast about how many times I need to mash the next button when I hear "We are sponsored this week by...."
  - drewg123 8y ago
    Its not too hard, but it is still something that I'd pay to avoid. I spend an hour or so rowing in the mornings, and hitting the skip-forward on my headphones takes me out of my rhythm.
joshstrange 8y ago
"I want to talk to you all about squarespace, I was updating my squarespace on my Bolden Branch sheets on my Casper mattress waiting for my delivery from BlueApron.com listening to my audiobook from Audible.com about to take a sh*t on my Squatty Potty" [0] But yeah, I really hate hearing about Squarespace, Simple Contacts, RX Bar, Mac Weldon, Hello Fresh/Blue Apron, Butcherbox, Betterment, Privacy, Rocket Mortgage, and the whole lot. [0] https://youtu.be/O1TiSy1ZWsE?t=7m26s https://youtu.be/O1TiSy1ZWsE?t=7m26s
tsuresh 8y ago
There is Stitcher Premium[0] that does exactly this. [0]: https://www.stitcher.com/premium https://www.stitcher.com/premium
- drewg123 8y ago
  They have a caveat "Some shows record their own ads which Stitcher cannot remove". It would be nice if they marked which shows were actually ad-free. It would be even nicer if they put auto-skip markers over the "unremovable" ads. We've had that technology for TV for more than a decade (comskip.exe, MythTVs comflag, etc).

snaky 8y ago

You better learn Chinese then. Podcasts is $7 bln business there, not ad-driven.

dreamcompiler 8y ago

Agreed. I'm thoroughly conditioned not to tolerate commercials any more and when one comes on, I turn off the source. This is why I don't listen to podcasts any more. If Netflix had commercials, I'd drop my subscription yesterday.

fokinsean 8y ago
It's not too difficult to hit the "Skip forward 15 seconds" button a few times.
- oliveshell 8y ago
  It’s even easier now that the iOS podcast app lets you choose a skip duration for the forward and backward buttons— I’ve got mine set to skip 45 seconds forward and 15 back.
- joshstrange 8y ago
  Yes, Overcast, at least, lets you configure your prev/next buttons and I have mine set to 15 seconds. I know based on the podcast about how many times I need to mash the next button when I hear "We are sponsored this week by...."
- drewg123 8y ago
  Its not too hard, but it is still something that I'd pay to avoid. I spend an hour or so rowing in the mornings, and hitting the skip-forward on my headphones takes me out of my rhythm.

joshstrange 8y ago

"I want to talk to you all about squarespace, I was updating my squarespace on my Bolden Branch sheets on my Casper mattress waiting for my delivery from BlueApron.com listening to my audiobook from Audible.com about to take a sh*t on my Squatty Potty" [0] But yeah, I really hate hearing about Squarespace, Simple Contacts, RX Bar, Mac Weldon, Hello Fresh/Blue Apron, Butcherbox, Betterment, Privacy, Rocket Mortgage, and the whole lot. [0] https://youtu.be/O1TiSy1ZWsE?t=7m26s https://youtu.be/O1TiSy1ZWsE?t=7m26s

tsuresh 8y ago

There is Stitcher Premium[0] that does exactly this. [0]: https://www.stitcher.com/premium https://www.stitcher.com/premium

drewg123 8y ago
They have a caveat "Some shows record their own ads which Stitcher cannot remove". It would be nice if they marked which shows were actually ad-free. It would be even nicer if they put auto-skip markers over the "unremovable" ads. We've had that technology for TV for more than a decade (comskip.exe, MythTVs comflag, etc).