Half the podcasts in my queue have suddenly become paid subscriptions. Meanwhile the overall industry is losing listeners. Seems like a lousy business model to not offer a free with ads feed. What a bizarre trend.

https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2023/2/9/23592684/decline-of-podcasts#:~:text=Monthly listenership to podcasts seems,podcasts has fallen as well.

https://www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2022/03/28/monthly-podcast-listening-is-down-for-the-first-time-in-almost-a-decade-according-to-study

  • hagelslager@feddit.nlEnglish
    192·
    1 year ago

    Everything needs to be MoNeTiZeD today, even hobbies should be income streams.

    Fuck that

    • mPony@kbin.social
      11·
      1 year ago

      if George Carlin was still alive he’d do a stand-up special about this titled “Everyone Is A Whore” or something equally subtle.