Re:Spotify’s Podcast Aggregation Play
by ihuman on Thursday February 07, 2019 @11:53AM
(#19106435)
It doesn't mention iTunes because people use the iOS Podcast app instead. The author talks about this app
> Meanwhile Apple, which does have the users thanks to the dominance of the iOS Podcast app, [0] has shown little inclination of being that centralized player. I wrote about the company’s opportunities in the space two years ago [1], but despite the shift in strategy to services [2] nothing has changed.
[0] > iTunes is very important to podcasting, but it is only a directory of podcasts that are hosted elsewhere; that means it is not a means to collect user data
> Meanwhile Apple, which does have the users thanks to the dominance of the iOS Podcast app, [0] has shown little inclination of being that centralized player. I wrote about the company’s opportunities in the space two years ago [1], but despite the shift in strategy to services [2] nothing has changed.
[0] > iTunes is very important to podcasting, but it is only a directory of podcasts that are hosted elsewhere; that means it is not a means to collect user data
[1] https://stratechery.com/2017/podcasts-analytics-and-centrali...
[2] https://stratechery.com/2019/apple-earnings-apple-the-servic...