From a personal point-of-view I am more into the not so professional podcasts and as soon as a popular podcast starts getting too serious and starts sounding li

From a personal point-of-view I am more into the not so professional podcasts and as soon as a popular podcast starts getting too serious and starts sounding like any radio show out there, I lose interest. The same with Youtube, I like the creativity and drive of people when they start a channel or podcast about some subject they really enjoy. I think a lot of podcasts dies for me when I notice that they are more focused on getting a bigger audience and cater for more than what they did in the first place. I realize why, it is about having the money to be able to do it for a living, but from a personal point-of-view, I totally lose interest when stuff gets too professional. So, in my mind, Spotify wont kill podcasting, they will help some podcasters to gain a living from it and maybe become mainstream, but there will always be room for an open podcast community when new podcasts start from a desire and interest in a specific area of interest and not from what a mega-company think will gain a lot of listeners.