Joe Rogan’s podcast being exclusive to Spotify is the worst thing he could have possibly done

[Madmick]

Yeah outdated reference though. Look at Ninja when he left Twitch for Microsoft’s platform Mixer... his views dropped to an embarrassing level.
This is where I got the idea for this thought process:

Damn, you're a machine gun of ignorance. So how does Ninja abandoning his exclusivity to Twitch to become exclusive on a competitor platform analogize to this?

You're using an example that actually contradicts your assertion that failure is inevitable to exclusivity to a single platform. Furthermore, the analogy wouldn't work even if he was on Twitch. Twitch has a virtual monopoly. Over 90% of viewer hours are on that platform. Apple podcasts doesn't even enjoy a majority stake of the podcast market. Ninja got paid $30m to go to Mixer for 10 measly months. He's already back on Twitch. His viewership has dropped on return, but one could argue it would have dropped anyway, since Fortnite is his main squeeze, and viewership for that game has declined sharply on the platform since its peak shortly before he signed that contract. There are no long-term models of streamers successful at his level. He would have been crazy not to take that money.

 

[chance mccoy]

It always cracks me up when Apple users throw a hissy fit because they're asked to learn one piece of software that doesn't have a piece of fruit on it.

There are better podcasting apps. You can even get them on an iPhone.

What kind of special candy crack are you smoking, kid?

Stern is competitive today. Right now. In today's marketplace.

Stern show is like a Disney movie compared to when he was actually good

 

[The Chosen]

Damn, you're a machine gun of ignorance. So how does Ninja abandoning his exclusivity to Twitch to become exclusive on a competitor platform analogize to this?

You're using an example that actually contradicts your assertion that failure is inevitable to exclusivity to a single platform. Furthermore, the analogy wouldn't work even if he was on Twitch. Twitch has a virtual monopoly. Over 90% of viewer hours are on that platform. Apple podcasts doesn't even enjoy a majority stake of the podcast market. Ninja got paid $30m to go to Mixer for 10 measly months. He's already back on Twitch. His viewership has dropped on return, but one could argue it would have dropped anyway, since Fortnite is his main squeeze, and viewership for that game has declined sharply on the platform since its peak shortly before he signed that contract. There are no long-term models of streamers successful at his level. He would have been crazy not to take that money.

He lost relevance though, YouTube is the virtual monopoly and is comparable to Twitch’s monopoly on streaming. I’m just saying taking your videos off of YouTube greatly decreases the exposure. And Ninja was hitting max 10k viewers on Mixer, when he was getting a regular 70k on Twitch. He’s lucky Microsoft shut Mixer down because he would still be under contract with them. If you ask Ninja himself I bet the freedom to not have to compete with Twitch competitors through daily streams which help you out in the algorithm, while still collecting a big payday was the attraction. Selling yourself out to irrelevancy is a bad move in the long term for your show, not necessarily your bank account.

 

[The Chosen]

Stern is competitive today. Right now. In today's marketplace.

Off the top of my head I would not be able to tell you where to even watch Howard Stern’s show.

 

[DragRacer]

I stopped listening when he moved to Spotify, but I totally get why he did that. I would have too!