Half the podcasts in my queue have suddenly become paid subscriptions. Meanwhile the overall industry is losing listeners. Seems like a lousy business model to not offer a free with ads feed. What a bizarre trend.

https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2023/2/9/23592684/decline-of-podcasts#:~:text=Monthly listenership to podcasts seems,podcasts has fallen as well.

https://www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2022/03/28/monthly-podcast-listening-is-down-for-the-first-time-in-almost-a-decade-according-to-study

  • El Barto@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    9 months ago

    You don’t need bitcoins to do that streaming thing. It’s been done before with actual money. For example, pay-by-the-minute phone plans.

    • magic_lobster_party@kbin.social
      211·
      9 months ago

      As soon someone mentions cryptocurrency, I know their suggestion of solution can be disregarded. The problem is rarely the medium of payment.

    • bearded_zero@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      Standard credit card processing fees are anywhere from 1.5% to 3.5% and then there’s more on top of that. Here is an article that runs down typical credit card processing fees.

      https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/credit-card-processing-fees/

      In addition to that pay by the minute foam plans are quite costly, but it is an option. Podcasting 2.0 may not be the 100% answer for everyone but diversifying your income is a good thing.