Thinking Outside the Box A Deep Dive into the Fountain Podcast App

I watched a video featuring the creators of Toy Story reflecting on the movie ten years later. They had a set of rules to not do any of the cliche things you saw in animation. This meant:

• No songs
• No "I want."
• No happy village
• No love story
• No Villain

And Disney brought in someone who said all of the above were missing and they should add the missing elements. By ignoring the notes from Disney, they not only created a great movie, but created a franchise.

The film placed first in the weekend's box office with $29.1 million[3] and maintained the number-one position at the domestic box office for the next two weekends. Toy Story went on to become the highest-grossing domestic film of 1995.

In this instance, I feel like Disney. In my last episode, I stated I look for the following in a podcast app:

• The ability to program settings per show - nope
• The ability to set streaming amounts per show - nope
• Speed control per show
• Playlists - Kind of but not really

In a nutshell, Fountain.fm doesn't do many of the things I'm looking for. Does this mean it's a bad app? No. It means it's a bad app for me.

Who Is This App For?

The Fountain app is for the listener who fully embraces the streaming satoshi part of the Podcasting 2.0 feature set. Here are the satoshi-related products from their front page

• You can earn satoshis for listening.
• You can stream, boost, and like satoshis to your favorite shows
• You can see Baller Boosts in the Hot on Fountain Chart

OTHER FEATURES

• Hot On Fountain can be found under search (Charts). Many of these are bitcoin-related
• New lIghting Podcasts (many of these were in Spanish and other languages)
• The ability to fill your wallet from within the app*
• Discover section showing clips, boosts and more.
• Make clips - much improved - just drag and drop.
• Chapters
• Carplay
• Sleep Timer

How to Use Tags To Organize Your Episodes/Shows in Fountain.fm

Click on podcasts at the bottom.

Click on Shows

Click on the show and click on the tag icon.

Click on the "+" and enter a tag. 

Then click on the tag. Now every new episode will have this tag

Now when you click on Podcasts at the bottom and click on the episodes or shows tab and you will see the tag.

The bad news is fountain stops playing after the first episode in your tagged list is over. This is awful for people in the shower or out riding their bike.

Filling Your Wallet

I am excited that you can fill your wallet from within the app using a service called Moonpay. That is the good news. The hurdle you will need to overcome is your bank may flag this as suspicious. The first time I attempted to put $30 in my wallet, my bank stopped it and sent me a text asking me if I wanted to do that. I said I did, waited about a minute and tried again, and it worked. 

Support the Show Use My Fountain Referral Code

How do I redeem a code? Go to the main menu in the app and press Refer to Earn. Press Redeem Code at the bottom of the page then paste in the code ( davejackson-86b66cd69c ) and press Redeem. You can also get my code HERE

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