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[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 87 points 1 year ago

Just today I had the lovely situation to get an ad break during two podcast episodes on Spotify mobile (Android).
Changing the track does work but the ad break stays. BUT I could fast forward the ad.

I pay fucking Family Prem. for that shit. WTF?!
@The Haters: No, this was not a baked in ad by the podcast hoster but literally inserted by Spotify.

[-] themurphy@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

Yeah, Spotify made that deal with podcasts. They wanted them on their platform so bad, that they fucked every single paying customer they have.

I have Spotify Premium Duo, and it's the same thing on podcasts.

[-] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 year ago

I switched to AntennaPod for podcasts because of this. It's also just a better experience - it auto downloads new episodes and deletes them after playing.

[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Podcast Addict has been able to do this forever.

[-] Palindromes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Absolute favorite podcast app! Highly recommend

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

I love Podcast Addict, but I don't think you can set the sort per podcast. I want my entertainment ones to be oldest->newest and the reverse for things like news.

[-] acid_falcon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You definitely can. Podcast Addict has per podcast override settings

[-] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I was about to comment this! I learned about that app from a few Lemmy users recommending it, and it's the real deal. Podcasts still generally have ads inserted in (which you can fast forward through), BUT I learned that you can set rules for your subscriptions which apply to each episode, like "skip the first 45s of each episode". Go to subscriptions, tap the settings gear wheel, and find auto skip!

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Spotify doesn’t do that?? That’s like feature #0 on a podcast app

Spotify can be configured to auto download, but you need to open the app. To my knowledge it doesn't auto delete after listening, but when it reaches the 4th latest release it is deleted. Personally i prefer that they're not auto deleted after listening because i like to share some podcasts moments with my SO.

[-] TheMinions@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Is there anything like this for iOS? I usually stick to Overcast but haven’t really looked into switch apps for a while.

[-] Lemonparty@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

No, this was not a baked in ad by the podcast hoster but literally inserted by Spotify.

Just FYI, those two things don't need to be exclusive. In this case Spotify is probably the one sponsoring the podcast, and so they inserted ads themselves, as opposed to the content creators including their sponsor ads. Many more successful podcasts are doing this now, and it seems like the ads get shoved in when there sometimes aren't even breaks.

Not saying it doesn't suck, it absolutely does. Just pointing out that it's a new trend. So it'll probably get worse!

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Just FYI, those two things don't need to be exclusive. In this case Spotify is probably the one sponsoring the podcast

As this was the WAN show by LTT I doubt that. At least the sponsoring.

[-] Lemonparty@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, unfortunately could just be (probably is) good ol' enshittification then. In this case at least.

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