They considered intervening with them, which by far doesn't mean banning them.
To put it into context after their acquisition they had been pushing podcasts in general, white noise podcast accidentally profited from it, and a bit too much.
Which is with what they considered intervening with.
But banning them would have been the last step if others don't work.
And even then you still would have white noise songs, just not podcasts. Or more likely podcast just not promoted, i.e. you need to more explicitly look for them.
I.e. the chance for Spotify removing users access to white noise content was close to non-existing as far I can tell.
They considered intervening with them, which by far doesn't mean banning them.
To put it into context after their acquisition they had been pushing podcasts in general, white noise podcast accidentally profited from it, and a bit too much.
Which is with what they considered intervening with.
But banning them would have been the last step if others don't work.
And even then you still would have white noise songs, just not podcasts. Or more likely podcast just not promoted, i.e. you need to more explicitly look for them.
I.e. the chance for Spotify removing users access to white noise content was close to non-existing as far I can tell.