It's at odds with millions of people but also in agreement with millions of others. I also don't listen to podcasts for the same reason. Spotify shouldn't push something that so many people detest without letting them opt out.
I don't know if you think this opinion (expressed in this way) makes you seem insightful, but just so you know, it just makes you seem uninformed. It's like saying "Listen to music? No thanks, I don't want to listen to a guy in makeup screaming about satanism into a microphone". Like, yes, that type of music does exist, but it's uninformed to make the claim that that's all music is.
Weird take. I don’t know anyone who detests podcasts. They just don’t listen to them.
Having such strong feelings about something you can just ignore is unhealthy.
FWIW, I cancelled Spotify last year and their focus on podcasts was one of the reasons. But there are plenty of other services that cater to music lovers so I just increased my bandcamp spend and moved on with my life.
I don't think there's evidence for this. While listening to podcasts is evidence of liking them, not listening to podcasts isn't evidence for detesting them.
Spotify has over 640 million active users. Of those, 100 million are active podcast listeners, despite having an app they frequently use that lets them listen to podcasts. This suggests that many of Spotify's users hate podcasts as much as they hate the wacky morning DJs who say democracy's a joke.
I didn't say that all 540 million hate podcasts. I said that many do. It doesn't take a very large fraction of 540 million to get millions that hate podcasts.
It's not many out of 100 million. 4% would not be many out of the total. That's why I said: I thought you meant "a significant fraction of", not "at least a tiny fraction of".
You meant "at least a tiny fraction of". That's all. When you say "many", we should read "at least a tiny fraction of".
You refuse to believe that millions of people hate podcasts, to the point that you apparently need a survey with millions of people saying that as evidence. You live in a bubble of people who haven't told you they hate morning DJs and podcasts. If I instead told you that millions of people detest vlogs, would you also require hard evidence?
"I don't think there's evidence for this," in response to my statement that millions of people hate podcasts. You might forgive most readers for understanding that to mean that you don't think millions of people hate podcasts.
I responded to something you wrote. Maybe I didn't respond to what you meant to write, but the solution to that is for you to write what you meant.
