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When did paid podcasts become a thing?

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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

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Once a free podcast goes behind an exclusive paywall, it’s dead to me. That being said, there are several podcasts that I support that I exclusively listen to their patreon feeds because they are ad free.

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rustyriffs@lemmy.world
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Which ones, if you don’t mind sharing?

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beetus@lemmy.world
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Dungeons and Daddies

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rustyriffs@lemmy.world
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I’m guessing that’s the one that went behind the exclusive paywall?

I was more so asking about the patreon feeds you mentioned

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