They'll be cutting off a significant discovery source, though. That's how I subscribe to most of my podcasts -- somebody links to a good episode and I like it so much I subscribe.<p>IMO they're probably better off with the exact opposite approach -- make all the episodes but the latest one free, and put the latest one behind a firewall so people who don't pay are a week behind.<p>That's what almost all of the Patreon-funded creators do.
It doesn't say anything about whether they'll remove the ads from the podcasts though.<p>I don't really mind paying for the podcasts, but it's going to piss me off if I still have to mash the 15s-forward button every fifteen minutes.
If you like a podcast enough to go through back catalogue, probably worth throwing them a monthly fee every once in a while to grab everything.<p>That said, are there any communities out there that diligently archives podcasts? Seems like pretty effort trivial considering rss+size. I was hoping more people was going to use PLEX podcast for this, but it was bad, and got axed.
No issue here, I don’t find that I go back too far anyway on their podcast. Currently have a subscription so also doesn’t impact me. I’ve always wondered if these podcasts ever make that much money, I for one never click on ads on websites nor would I hear an ad during a podcast and look into that product.