@AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWhite noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about itwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square304arrow-up1967cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1967external-linkWhite noise podcasts are costing Spotify $38m per year, and record labels are not happy about itwww.bloomberg.com@AccidentalLemming@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square304cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-square@money_loo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoI 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.
minus-square@smeeps@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI 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
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.
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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