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Toot

Written by Jann Horn on 2024-12-15 at 16:48

I wish iHeart had proper ad monetization turned on where I am instead of splicing in the same disconcerting ad for some other podcast over and over again. Do I have to use a VPN to get sold products and services instead? (And they also don't offer paid subscriptions here.)

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Descendants

Written by Jann Horn on 2024-12-15 at 16:50

one ad in the podcast episodes I currently listen to (which to be fair is about pretty terrible history) is for some true crime podcast and features a woman calling 911 while crying for her baby. one minute you're listening to friendly banter about horrible history and the next this happens...

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Written by Jann Horn on 2024-12-15 at 16:52

So now I often pause the podcast at the ads with the headphone button (because the headphones can pause but not skip forward) and then only resume listening an hour later when I remember that I was listening to it and have my hands free and phone in reach

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