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Ask HN: What Patreons / Substacks do you pay for?

3 pointsby admn2about 3 years ago

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jfengelabout 3 years ago
A whole passel of podcasts, to the tune of about $70 per month.<p>It&#x27;s only a small fraction of the podcasts I listen to. Most are ad supported (and occasionally I buy the advertised products; I&#x27;m looking forward to another FuegoBox momentarily). I also listen to a fair bit of BBC radio.<p>I download about 30 hours of podcasts per week. Between PocketCasts features (skip opening, speedup, silence elimination) and skipping episodes I don&#x27;t care about (reruns, news I&#x27;ve heard elsewhere, dull topics), I probably spend ~10 hours per week listening.<p>I wish there were a more direct way to connect the podcast to the Patreon. Many put links in the text, but I usually don&#x27;t read that. I will pay attention when they call it out, and I think I probably pay for about half the podcasts I listen to. The $70 &quot;podcast bill&quot; seems about fair for so much content.
lerosabout 3 years ago
I pay for several woodworking related YouTube channels and podcasts. I only pledge where I feel the money makes a difference in keeping the creator(s) going. I pledge the amount I would be willing to pay to bring the content back if they stopped.