Spotify’s podcast plan is going off the rails

I can't speak much for the subject other than to say the article suggests exclusives have been one of their biggest draws and despite being a daily user of Spotify for music I have no idea what they are or if I'm missing out.

I swapped to Google Podcasts a while ago and much prefer the UI and features.

I imagine there's even better apps out there though as Google Podcasts is also pretty limited.

On android podcast addict is fantastic.

On iOS pocket casts is fantastic.

Overcast on iOS is also great

Seconded. It adds all the functionality that a player SHOULD have e.g. intelligent silence skipping, playback speed, custom start skips, etc.

It's just a terrible podcast player, but I do use it because Apple Podcasts is almost worse and doesn't work on my car.

Not letting you skip more than 15 seconds at a time should be an indication of how off their strategy is.