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		atoav on Oct 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We’re Entering the Era of Big Podcasting Many of the bigger German podcasters earn finance their podcasts entirely without ads by their listener’s contributions. The podcasts are usually people talking about topics they really enjoy with people they like. Why do people do open source software for free at times?

pmuse on Oct 8, 2019 [–]

A lot of podcasters make money off of live shows and merchandise too.

If they had a large, devout audience, but couldn’t make money, it seems their main issue was relying on the wrong form of monetization.

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