Has Jupiter Broadcasting Gone Down The Pan?

I feel like Jupiter Broadcasting (link) have gone down the pan recently. The quality of the content theyโ€™re producing hasnโ€™t gone down as such. Well, except for the fact that User Error & Choose Linux have gone. What Iโ€™m getting at here is the obnoxious amount of adverts that JB embed into their shows now they have divorced A Cloud Guru.

For example, I just listened to the latest Linux Action News, which is 29 minutes long. That episode includes two adverts. The first is for Linode, which is 3 minutes long (09:00 - 12:05), and the other for Ting which is 2 minutes long (20:35 - 22:35).

Thatโ€™s 5 minutes of adverts in a 29 minute show!

It feels like the same kind of ratio for Linux Unplugged too. I have no idea what itโ€™s like on Self Hosted, as I stopped listening to that show when it became clear that itโ€™s a show about home automation, not self hosting.

Other revenue streams?

The Jupiter Broadcasting folks have this core contributor thing which is $8/month and you get an โ€œadvert freeโ€ RSS feed for Linux Unplugged. I actually subscribed to that when they first announced it, but revoked my support after the first month.

Thatโ€™s because it isnโ€™t an advert free feed. The episodes still include adverts for A Cloud Guru. Also, if you want to get rid of the adverts from the other shows, good luck - the $8/month only covers you for Linux Unplugged.

Look, I get it. Chris and the team need to make a living, but I feel like ramming advert after advert down our throats and giving us no way to remove them isnโ€™t the best way of doing this.

Iโ€™m happy to show support with my wallet, but I refuse to pay for something that I fell is mis-sold snake oil. Iโ€™d much rather sign up for something like a $10/month Patreon tier where Patrons get access to all shows with a REAL advert free feed.

Conclusion

Iโ€™ll end by summing up my position, as this post is a ranty mess:

What do you think? Am I being too harsh?

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