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Published Jan 20, 2024

383: Demand-Paged Outrage

John Siracusa and Marco Arment delve into the ATP membership program's evolution, the monumental ARM transition reshaping Macs, and Apple's controversial App Store policies, offering critical insights and future projections.
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  • Positive Feedback

    The ATP membership program has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from listeners. and express their gratitude for the support and share that they have already reached half of their optimistic goal within a week 1. Marco mentions that most members are satisfied with the current offerings, though there are some concerns about currency conversion and annual payments 1.

    We've gotten a lot of great feedback on what you might want out of membership. Possible improvements we could make to it. Surprisingly, most people seem very happy with exactly what we already launched, which is kind of fun.

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    The hosts are considering these suggestions and exploring potential improvements.

       

    Program Evolution

    John discusses the ongoing evolution of the membership program, emphasizing their commitment to meeting listener needs. He highlights the direct relationship between listeners and the podcast through membership, which differs from traditional ad-based revenue models 2. The team is focused on delivering the most requested feature, the bootleg feed, despite potential challenges in its implementation.

    Expect the membership to evolve. Speaking for myself, I'm very motivated to try to make the membership program good.

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    John also notes that members can still enjoy the regular ad-supported feed if they prefer.

       

    Bootleg Feed

    Marco outlines their plans for the bootleg feed, a highly requested feature that will provide unedited recordings of live broadcasts shortly after they end. He explains the technical challenges and potential quality issues, but assures listeners that they are working hard to deliver this feature soon 3.

    We're working on that. It's basically going to be exactly what we are broadcasting on the live stream. People have requested that in large numbers, and so we are working on that.

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    The bootleg feed will offer a raw, unedited experience, which many listeners have expressed interest in.

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