The tool copying podcasts, stripping the ads, and selling them

> A company spokesman told Podnews that publishers did not opt-in to be included, and “there is no opt-out mechanism at this time”. The company also clarified that they do not compensate publishers directly.

Well that seems like a really shitty thing to do. I'm all against targeted ads, but creators need to have a way of earning money. I know we've moved to an "ask for forgiveness rather than permission world" but they could have even reserved some amount ready to pay.

This article is such a good ad for this tool.

I pay for Spotify so I don't get ads (and so I can actually listen to the podcasts), but now podcasters embed ads into the podcasts themselves, and I can't pay them to remove them.

I would pay for this or a SponsorBlock-type plugin.