One of the most annoying things about Spotify is just how hard they push podcasts on their platform, it’s pretty annoying that a site intended for music has most of it’s main page filled with podcasts, but what makes it worse is the fact that Spotify pushing podcasts on their platform is actually quite malicious.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/186038

As an internet community we need to reject this attempt to lock down the open ecosystem that is podcasting, or else risk loosing one of the last popular decentralized methods of accessing content. So cancel your Spotify, dust off your DRM free albums and RSS feeds and enjoy some freedom!

  • jokeyrhyme@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    Spotify’s podcast experience (and Google’s for that matter) is just dreadful

    Could just be me, maybe, but my use case is “download all in-advance” + “listen in release order” + “never skip/miss any episodes” + “pick up where I left off on any device”

    PocketCasts (Android, iOS, web) does this perfectly, I assume Overcast and Apple’s built-in app does this just fine, but Spotify’s is pointlessly bereft of basic functionality