A few paragraphs in the author seemed very pretentious in their writing style.
> By now, you may well ask why I have paid so much attention to and have spent so much eloquence on such a simple and obvious notion as the radical novelty.
Maybe this is because English isn't my first language, but doesn't this come off as pretty pretentious? Calling your own writing eloquent, in that same writing?
Anyway, then I scrolled down to the bottom to see who the author was. I suppose he has the right to some pretentiousness.
Hard to say, as a native speaker eloquence here doesn’t seem to refer to the authors own eloquence but rather the amount of words and roundabout explanations they’ve dedicated to the topic. Ie, in contrast to a simple explanation for the obvious things. If anything it reads a touch self deprecating.
Usually I'm listening to podcast when doing dishes, or grocery shopping, at the gym, or on a walk. I don't really want to have to take up my phone to skip an ad, and the controls on the headphones are too janky. This would definitely be a killer feature for me.
"Siri, skip ahead 30 seconds". Doesn't always work, and... sometimes, it's 60, sometimes it's 2 minutes... If it's a podcast I listen to a lot, I usually know if it's a 30/60/120 second ad spot. Even the voice command to do it isn't always convenient though, I'll definitely grant.
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