I know that it's probably a really dumb question and hopefully this can remain unpolitical but the recent Joe Rogan dust-up has me wondering...do the podcasts have ads? I don't have Spotify and have only seen clips of podcasts online so I really don't know.
The podcasts that I have listened to on my phone did not have any ads that I can recall. Is the $$ all in people subscribing to Spotify in order to hear particular podcasts?
Once again, this is ONLY a question about the economics of podcasts, because I honestly do not know. There are plenty of threads over in PARF in which to invoke political opinions. Thanks.