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I do think that podcasting is ripe for disruption and a great candidate for a "super app" that can end up being people's go-to to listen to podcasts and be exposed to new ones.
Spotify did literally nothing to actually support podcasting as another vertical--which it 100% is. Podcasting isn't just "music" and it's a profound misunderstanding to believe that it is. It's honestly embarrassing to think that all they had to do is buy out Joe Rogan. To this day, I mostly listen to podcasts on YouTube. Spotify doesn't have transcripts, scrubbing, chapters, discoverability, "shorts," etc., etc. I run an open source Spotify player[1] and their API doesn't even have a podcast type/category (lol, they are actually "music videos" in the JSON payload). It's like podcasts don't even exist.
If anyone wants to build a podcasting platform, hit me up :)
[1] https://github.com/dvx/lofi/
At least on desktop you can tweak the Spotify electron-based app with Spicetify[1].
There is already an extension to completely hide podcasts[2].
[1]: https://spicetify.app/
[2]: https://github.com/theRealPadster/spicetify-hide-podcasts