311 OMG Subscription Overload

Starting with new emojis! Circling back to the iOS 14.5 update, Apple Podcasts subscriptions + troubles, a bit of a comparison between Spotify + Apple Podcasts subscriptions and Facebook podcast players and social audio!

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EPISODE LENGTH 47:49

• Jess and Elsie are excited about emojis!

• 4:35 Jess tells her revenge bouncy house story

• 10:04 News! 

• Circling back to iOS 14.5 update and what it means for podcasting 

• Talking through the Apple Podcasts subscription announcement stuff

• Spotify is also offering subscriptions, and they are not going to be taking a cut

• It’s $19.99 to get started with Apple Podcasts Subscriptions

• The first year of subscriptions, Apple is taking 30% of all the sales that you make after that, they’ll be taking 15%

• Oh, so many troubles with Apple Podcasts Connect

• 34:30 Pretty iMacs!!!

• 36:06 Feedback from Bonnie! All things Facebook and podcasting!!!

• A pretty player from Spotify - so nice

• Facebook has a social audio functionality coming! Groups will thrive!

• Interesting moderation functionality for Facebook Groups

• 50:10 Do you have questions? Email us at [email protected]

LINKS!

• Join The Super Squad

• 302–240–3425 “yes”

• All the new Emoji in iOS 14.5

• The Apple 2021 Event

• Apple leads the next chapter of podcasting with Apple Podcasts Subscriptions

• Spotify launches podcast subscriptions, but you can’t subscribe in-app

• Be Heard: Bringing Social Audio Experiences to Facebook

• Spotify expected to report subscriber slowdown | Spotify | The Guardian

• Share, Explore, and Discover Music and Podcasts via Spotify in the Facebook App — Spotify

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