'Follow our podcast': Apple Podcasts to stop using 'subscribe' - https://podnews.net/update/follow-not-subscribe
Exclusive: Apple Podcasts will no longer use the word “subscribe” in a few weeks. Listeners will be invited to “follow” their favourite podcasts instead. The new wording will be in iOS 14.5, which should be released later this month (and is available in beta). We expect Apple to communicate further with creators, and listeners, when this version of iOS is released.
@twitnews I remember “we need a word other than subscribe” all the way back to 2004. Having to emphasize “subscribe FOR FREE.”
But I suppose after a decade and a half we finally decided Subscribe will never lose its negative/costly connotations. 🤷♂️
“Follow” is ok, but podcasts are different from social media feeds and I feel like “➕ADD” (cf Netflix) might have been better.
It’s a shame we couldn’t use this 16yr issue as excuse to create a whole new word. eg. “Derf us in your podcast app!” 🤲💵
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