I have more sympathy for apple in the ap store than i think you do. I think that was never an open ecosystem. Apple created it from scratch on that platform. There are security arguments, like there are all kinds of things that make the apstore different from an open porcasteco system. And plus, there's just too much competition for podcasting. But i'm not going to sit in this world a no, donn't to stay the way it is. However, not like, to your point, it's going in a better direction to day than it was two days ago. That makes me happy. And i'm going, i'm going to buy in. Im
Ben and James discuss the history of podcasts and why Spotify’s recent announcements are so compelling for creators.
Links
- 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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