Spotify Looked to Ban White Noise Podcasts to Become More Profitable
www.bloomberg.com
An internal document shows that white noise podcasts account for 3 million daily consumption hours on the platform
  • @money_loo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8•2 years ago

    I just ask my HomePod to do it.

    I guess that it might be streaming it?

    Which sorta highlights a large portion of the people doing it you’re likely missing: people who don’t even think about it.

    • @smeeps@feddit.ukEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      I assume the Siri and Google assistant white noise just download the 20 min file when you ask and just repeat that. Whereas an 8h podcast of a 20 minute repeated sound will use 8h of bandwidth