From Matt Haughey on Mastodon. “I know it’s petty but when you boycott a favorite podcast after it moves exclusively to Spotify for a couple years then learn they’re finally changing course and releasing their podcast normally again, it’s a pretty good feeling. Welcome back to the internet, podcast. Eat shit, Spotify.” It’s not petty, it’s the open web winning. In podcasting we won, by setting the pattern early-on. People expect choice in how they listen, and reject gate-keepers. It’s a genetic seed, and once it takes hold it’s impossible to overcome. This is what podcasting is teaching us. #