DxK@lemmy.world to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 months agoNew study finds that not everything needs a f**king podcastnewsthump.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1597
arrow-up1597external-linkNew study finds that not everything needs a f**king podcastnewsthump.comDxK@lemmy.world to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThose already existed. They’re audiobooks. And audiobooks don’t stop for ad breaks twice an hour and load up constant teases and recaps to bridge ad breaks and episodes.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months ago audiobooks don’t stop for ad breaks twice an hour Yet.
minus-squaremugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoYou seem to only have listened to a certain kind of pkdcast. All podcasts I listen to are ad free but still have a high production value.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI’ve tried my share, including by people who have written actual books. It’s a bad format.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s not just the ads. The structure is built around the ads and they’re worse for it.
Those already existed. They’re audiobooks.
And audiobooks don’t stop for ad breaks twice an hour and load up constant teases and recaps to bridge ad breaks and episodes.
Yet.
You seem to only have listened to a certain kind of pkdcast. All podcasts I listen to are ad free but still have a high production value.
I’ve tried my share, including by people who have written actual books.
It’s a bad format.
Psst, sponsorblock
It’s not just the ads. The structure is built around the ads and they’re worse for it.