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Marco Arment

Really Specific Stories

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Spotify's Control of the Podcasting Market

Spotify has gotten more control in the podcasting market than Stitcher ever had. I don't see them ever losing that control. Fortunately, Apple still dominates. They kind of scared us a little bit when about a year or two ago they launched premium paid podcasts that are only available in Apple podcasts. That was not a great thing for the ecosystem. But it didn't have a huge impact. It wasn't like an extinction event for podcasters and for independent podcasts and apps. And hopefully they won't try to cause such an event if they tried.

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