Spotify is trying to aggregate all the demand and then cut it off, but i don't buy it. It would be a mistake for an aggregator to go up against a highly differentiated content consumer. I'm very worried about apple closing off apple podcast to adding external feads, right? D you think apple likes it that you can subscribe with spotify and listen to an apple pod cass? Do you think they like it that i can own my own customers and people essess an apple podcast? They're not quite an age busiess business in this day and age. Cause now there's no sort of any core core about it. And we should be worried about creator friendly at
Ben and James discuss the history of podcasts and why Spotify’s recent announcements are so compelling for creators.
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- Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Surprise — Stratechery
- Episode 185 — Open, Free, and Spotify — Exponent
- Ben Thompson: Podcasts, Analytics, and Centralization — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Dithering and Open Versus Free — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Spotify Earnings, Podcasts and Lifetime Value, The Ringer Acquisition — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: The European Super League, Apple Music’s Letter to Artists — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Podcast Subscriptions vs. the App Store — Stratechery
- Ben Thompson: Fearing Spotify?, Apple’s Earnings, Margins and Chips — Stratechery
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