[All Platforms][Podcasts] Option to disable or hide podcasts entirely

[m447]

I don't listen to podcasts and don't intend to. But it currently takes up valuable space in both the Spotify mobile app and also in Android Auto. It's annoying having to see podcasts all the time when I don't care for them and don't want to see them.

Is it not reasonable to just have a toggle to show podcasts or not?

[matvigour]

Spotify, your last update was in October of 2023 and I am having the **bleep** Rest is Entertainment podcast played at me DAILY - stop this now before I port my business to another podcast supplier 

[SquidFace]

I love how Spotify censors more in their discussions than they do in podcast titles.

[Smedley556]

It really drives me crazy when some random nutjob podcast starts playing in my car.

[p__e__t__e]

Its been 5 f-ing years. Get Joe Rogan out of my Spotify. 

[Thiagoalbino]

I already did it, I suggest you all do the same.

[kellykend]

I will be removing Spotify from my kid's ipad and switching to a different music provider because I can't control her podcast recommendations. I don't want to put a time limit on her music/audiobook time, but she's watching "podcasts" that are really illegal uploads of youtube channels and the recommendations are filled with true crime serial killer shows.

The kids app is trash, and Spotify should throw it away and focus their energy on reasonable parental controls for the regular app.

[ahvzren]

I'm so tired of seeing **bleep** podcasts recommended to me on my homepage. 

Edit: The adjective that got bleeped out was hilariously mild, and it actually intensifies my comment to bleep it out.

[DaJoeFR]

This needs to happen.

[o-mdr]

How do I block Joe Rogan, I am fed up paying premium and getting this disinformation pushed on my feed. 

[Techno_monk]

A absolutely hate being force feed an auto- playing 'picked-for-you' video podcast. I despise it when services push content and ideas into my head. I couldn't believe I couldn't disable this. 

I can't express to you enough how much I do not want to see this content (anything that auto plays) and there is no way to avoid it. I down thumbed it down and that did absolutely nothing. 

I pay for this service (Spotify), what is going on here?