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I don't know why they just don't use something like Acast which will take care of distribution (or maybe others I don't know of).

The worst part of it is that Spotify's android app is buggy. Actually, that's an understatement: it's garbage. I shouldn't have it hang waiting for network connection just to navigate the offline portions of the app (e.g. downloaded podcasts). Anyone who writes a simple "music player" android app in a weekend or two could handle that case far better.




I assume any Spotify-only podcast is because Spotify is paying them to be exclusive?


Spotify bought Gimlet (the podcast company) a few years back, so they presumably owned the rights to begin with.


Ah, TIL.

More here if you want to learn about the reasons why: https://www.vox.com/2019/2/7/18214941/alex-blumberg-matt-lie...


Don't feel left out, the iOS app is also garbage and doesn't even manage to pause during a phone call.




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