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AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

White noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about it

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White noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about it

www.bloomberg.com

AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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Spotify Looked to Ban White Noise Podcasts to Become More Profitable
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An internal document shows that white noise podcasts account for 3 million daily consumption hours on the platform
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    What does the crack APK do?

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      All the premium features except downloading

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        So if you don’t have internet connection you can’t use it?

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          Yea, that’s how streaming services work.

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            Well… With Spotify premium you can download and play it offline, which is what I was specifically asking about.

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              Go reread my original comment again

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              It’s just an adblocker, i don’t know if they manage to give you full quality.

              I don’t know a trusted source and they couldn’t be more shady.

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      It’s pretty much free premium, just only on that device

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