• conciselyverbose
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    5 months ago

    Those already existed. They’re audiobooks.

    And audiobooks don’t stop for ad breaks twice an hour and load up constant teases and recaps to bridge ad breaks and episodes.

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      5 months ago

      unfortunately I can’t listen to audiobooks at work. I also prefer the length of podcasts for variety’s sake while working. I listen to audiobooks regularly as well, and know that listening to the same speaker for several hours causes me to tune it out rather than absorb it.

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      5 months ago

      You seem to only have listened to a certain kind of pkdcast. All podcasts I listen to are ad free but still have a high production value.

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        5 months ago

        I’ve tried my share, including by people who have written actual books.

        It’s a bad format.

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      5 months ago

      Psst, sponsorblock

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        5 months ago

        It’s not just the ads. The structure is built around the ads and they’re worse for it.