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Porn on Spotify Is Infiltrating the Platform’s Top Podcast Charts (www.bloomberg.com)

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These programs don’t contain video but are sexually explicit with show or episode titles often marked by the creator as “NSFW,” or “not safe for work.” The creators sometimes instruct their fans to rate the content poorly on purpose so that Spotify doesn’t detect it. They also sometimes ask listeners not to report the shows if they don’t like what they’re hearing or seeing. When I reached out, Spotify also removed these programs for violating the platform’s terms of use.

Sexually explicit material has persisted on Spotify for years, but the issue resurfaced in December when a Reddit user noticed the service’s algorithm recommending porn. Some users on the videos I spotted this week also commented. Why, they wondered, were they being served this content when searching for music?

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[–] cabinet_sanchez@midwest.social 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Tidal and Pocketcast

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Antennapod and not depending on the whims of whatever a CEO feels like today.

[–] monarch@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I use the web player since I like listening to podcasts while I play games and antena pod doesn't have one

[–] greybeard@lemmy.one 6 points 1 day ago

I replaced pocketcast with Antennapod a year or so ago. It took some time to adjust, but I'm quite satisified with it now. I feel like I'm slowly converting over at an F-Droid stack on my phone. About all I have left from the Play store are streaming apps and banking apps. I should look into replacing the banking apps with PWAs.

[–] variouslegumes@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

I hope RSS feeds never die. Antennapod forever.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago

I actually enjoy listening to podcasts on PipePipe (YouTube client) so ads get autoskipped with SponsorBlock.

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Flac and piracy.

[–] cabinet_sanchez@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah, I know, that would be even better. I know these platforms screw artists, but having worked in or peripherally to these businesses, I have a hard time with piracy (not that I didn't Napster in my day)

Edit: physical media?

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Physical media requires the space to store it. I'm not against buying stuff on bandcamp et al, but I'm sticking with digital raid storage.

[–] cabinet_sanchez@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that's why the uncertainty. I don't like all the "stuff" involved with physical media