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Spotify has over 640 million active users. Of those, 100 million are active podcast listeners, despite having an app they frequently use that lets them listen t

Spotify has over 640 million active users. Of those, 100 million are active podcast listeners, despite having an app they frequently use that lets them listen to podcasts. This suggests that many of Spotify's users hate podcasts as much as they hate the wacky morning DJs who say democracy's a joke.

robertlagrant 2y ago
Zero could hate them and they wouldn't all listen to them. I don't hate podcasts and I've never listened to one on Spotify.
- lern_too_spel 2y ago
  I didn't say that all 540 million hate podcasts. I said that many do. It doesn't take a very large fraction of 540 million to get millions that hate podcasts.
  - robertlagrant 2y ago
    Well, you said "many of". I thought you meant "a significant fraction of", not "at least a tiny fraction of".
    - lern_too_spel 2y ago
      I said millions of people. Millions of people is many. I have been consistent. You're living in a bubble.
      - robertlagrant 2y ago
        It's not many out of 100 million. 4% would not be many out of the total. That's why I said: I thought you meant "a significant fraction of", not "at least a tiny fraction of". You meant "at least a tiny fraction of". That's all. When you say "many", we should read "at least a tiny fraction of". > You're living in a bubble. This is a bit of a strange comment.
        lern_too_spel 2y ago
        > This is a bit of a strange comment. You refuse to believe that millions of people hate podcasts, to the point that you apparently need a survey with millions of people saying that as evidence. You live in a bubble of people who haven't told you they hate morning DJs and podcasts. If I instead told you that millions of people detest vlogs, would you also require hard evidence?
        robertlagrant 2y ago
        > You refuse to believe that millions of people hate podcasts If you read what I wrote, you'll see I never said that. I don't know why you think it's worth replying to something other than what I wrote.
        lern_too_spel 2y ago
        "I don't think there's evidence for this," in response to my statement that millions of people hate podcasts. You might forgive most readers for understanding that to mean that you don't think millions of people hate podcasts. I responded to something you wrote. Maybe I didn't respond to what you meant to write, but the solution to that is for you to write what you meant.

robertlagrant 2y ago

Zero could hate them and they wouldn't all listen to them. I don't hate podcasts and I've never listened to one on Spotify.

lern_too_spel 2y ago
I didn't say that all 540 million hate podcasts. I said that many do. It doesn't take a very large fraction of 540 million to get millions that hate podcasts.
- robertlagrant 2y ago
  Well, you said "many of". I thought you meant "a significant fraction of", not "at least a tiny fraction of".
  - lern_too_spel 2y ago
    I said millions of people. Millions of people is many. I have been consistent. You're living in a bubble.
    - robertlagrant 2y ago
      It's not many out of 100 million. 4% would not be many out of the total. That's why I said: I thought you meant "a significant fraction of", not "at least a tiny fraction of". You meant "at least a tiny fraction of". That's all. When you say "many", we should read "at least a tiny fraction of". > You're living in a bubble. This is a bit of a strange comment.
      - lern_too_spel 2y ago
        > This is a bit of a strange comment. You refuse to believe that millions of people hate podcasts, to the point that you apparently need a survey with millions of people saying that as evidence. You live in a bubble of people who haven't told you they hate morning DJs and podcasts. If I instead told you that millions of people detest vlogs, would you also require hard evidence?
        robertlagrant 2y ago
        > You refuse to believe that millions of people hate podcasts If you read what I wrote, you'll see I never said that. I don't know why you think it's worth replying to something other than what I wrote.
        lern_too_spel 2y ago
        "I don't think there's evidence for this," in response to my statement that millions of people hate podcasts. You might forgive most readers for understanding that to mean that you don't think millions of people hate podcasts. I responded to something you wrote. Maybe I didn't respond to what you meant to write, but the solution to that is for you to write what you meant.