Companies break laws all the time. The punishment is frequently small compared to profits from the crime.
I've noticed a lot in my feed making that move also. I agree this may end poorly for a lot of good podcasts.
A lot of people are already sick of everything being a subscription based product. I know I pay for too many. There are so many ways to consume media you just move on to the next thing that looks interesting and is free with ads (for now). Podcasting loses listeners, podcasters move on or go free with ads again with a much smaller audience.
People want to support quality media creators, but there's only so much in the budget. Kinda like you pay for Netflix as entertainment but podcasts are more like radio, something you listen to but could start listening to something else if need be.
But the additional laws take away rights from the law abiding only. The simple solution is to enforce the laws already on the books to the full extent.
These laws only harm the lawful exercising their constitutional rights! Prosecutors will add these on but not to maximize a sentence rather to make it easier to get the bad guy to plead at the cost of not filing on some of the additional charges. Just fully enforce the laws on the books already.
There's a podcast (Sad Oligarch) that outlines a lot of these "mysterious" deaths in Russia.
I have a 15 minute rule. Unless unavoidable I don't go to any establishment if they are closing within 15 minutes. Why bother them as they are trying to get out of work and go home. Especially restaurants.
And know the sizes of some common items; paper currency, coins, hand, arm, length of stride. You can use these to get a close approximation.
Don't discount the flashlight so quickly. I avoid an excessive amount of shit in my pockets and it's always the same. Money clip, knife, truck key, pen, phone and my flashlight. The Flashlight is fairly small, takes a AAA and is slightly bigger than an AA battery with a pocket clip. It gets used multiple times a day. Makes small print in dimly lit areas easier to read also. Honestly for some reason I despise using my phone as a flashlight:)
Your pizza looks great! What kind of pizza oven do you use?
Try using cornmeal to transfer. A friend recommended it when I was having issues and it helped a lot.
Don't knock it. That's where I defrost my chicken.
How dare you doubt the depravity of Ohio man. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/ohio-man-arrested-after-trying-to-have-sex-with-a-van/
Then you rewind to a part needing review and end up seeing the damn ads again. Same irrelevant ads that I cannot figure out why they insist on me seeing.