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Spotify is just not set up for long-form video content. The discovery aspect of YouTube is one reason why it reels you in. You're scrolling through your feed, you see an interesting clip, and you click on it. Another big part of YouTube is the comment section. Spotify lacks on both fronts. I also think the JRE clips were a big part of what sucked people into watch full epsiodes. If a 5-7 minute JRE clip were interesting I might jump in and watch the whole episode. I don't think they've done that or done it as well on Spotify.



This. The flexibility to search for a video coupled with YT's spontaneous recommendations is something unique to YouTube. So many times I have seen a clip about PBS Newshour episode on YT and then end up watching whole Newshour episode or most of it. Having all videos on varied lengths in same platform makes it easy to consume based on the time available.


JRE clips still get posted on YouTube but not the full recordings, which is annoying. I haven’t listened to many recently as a result. Just giving people the freedom to listen/watch wherever they like would be best. I usually prefer YouTube for podcasts - video, easy access and sharing, timeline sections, comments, recommendations, no ads and background audio with YouTube premium)


Those short clips did indeed pulled in me in to just put a JRE episode on the background while working xD


He still posts Joe Rogan clips and I genuinely still enjoy listening to those.




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