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@AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

White noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about it

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White noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about it

www.bloomberg.com

@AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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Spotify Looked to Ban White Noise Podcasts to Become More Profitable
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An internal document shows that white noise podcasts account for 3 million daily consumption hours on the platform
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    If only there was a way to locally generate white noise in real time, but alas…

    • @motorwerks@sopuli.xyz
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      Do you know a good way to do it w/o electricity?

      • @InFerNo@lemmy.ml
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        31•2 years ago

        Running water from a faucet with an aerator

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          30•2 years ago

          I love the malicious compliance of this

        • @motorwerks@sopuli.xyz
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          11•2 years ago

          I guess my point was that consuming bandwidth to stream white noise from a phone that’s on for other reasons is a rather efficient use of resources. My assumption was that using running water wouldn’t be the retort because A) it’s more valuable than electricity & B) there’s a pump involved somewhere in the process. I assumed wrong, but we played the game & no harm was done.

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        • @Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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          Hot water, obviously.

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      • @Intralexical@lemmy.world
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        Maybe a pegboard with tens of thousands of tuning forks on it?

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        Light a campfire in your bedroom

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