Forever35

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Hi it’s Elise! I am so sorry I didn’t pay closer attention to the recent reviews because yall pointed out a really important listener experience— that the ads were cannibalizing your listening time. We have adjusted (aka shortened) the length of the host -endorsed reviews to make sure they aren’t unreasonably long so that you aren’t getting a muddled listening experience. And a reminder we also offer an ad-free tier on our Patreon if you don’t want ANY ads at all, at Patreon.com/forever35 Thank you for the honest feedback bc it allows us to adjust to the big themes that emerge! 🫶

How did this show receive feedback about the overwhelming amount of ads and then decide to introduce sponsored segments by Bausch and Lomb, in multiple episodes, each immediately followed by an ad break? In which they run an ad for Bausch and Lomb??? A shame because I like Elise a lot but I fear this show has jumped the shark.

I see that Elise posted a response back in November to people who are sharing the same sentiment that I do that the ratio of content to ads has gotten out of whack. The last mini-episode had 22 minutes of ads and 11:05 minutes of content. This is way out of balance and seems like they are moving to a model that is focused too exclusively on generating ad revenue. Plus, they have a Patreon! Enough. I’m unsubscribing. The content that is there isn’t the same since Kate’s departure and it’s no longer worth my time.