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A comment on BBC podcasts on third-party apps. Parent comment

Re:BBC podcasts on third-party apps by Spivak on Thursday March 28, 2019 @09:04AM (#19511757)
Seems odd to define a thing by how it's packaged and consumed rather than the content itself. An episodic internet radio show doesn't stop being a podcast just because you're listening to it through winamp.

Would all it take to convince you that a podcast can delivered via something other than RSS, say ActivityPub, be your preferred client supporting it?

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Re:BBC podcasts on third-party apps by scarface74 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @09:14AM (#19511839)
Why is that odd? I expect a web page to be viewable in my browser and to be delivered over http and use a combination of html, css, and JavaScript.

Calling some thing that is not playable in my podcast app and doesn’t use the same protocols as my other podcasts, isn’t a podcast. No more than a Word Doc is a web page.

I expect to be able to subscribe to a podcast using my podcast player via RSS.

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Re:BBC podcasts on third-party apps by majewsky on Thursday March 28, 2019 @09:55AM (#19512186)
> Seems odd to define a thing by how it's packaged and consumed rather than the content itself.

You mean like TV shows? And radio shows? And newspaper comics?

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Re:BBC podcasts on third-party apps by Spivak on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:24PM (#19515064)
I would agree with you if it weren't for the fact that all of those things are completely divorced from their original medium.

Saying that podcasts have to be consumed via RSS is like saying that TV must be delivered via cable.

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Re:BBC podcasts on third-party apps by scarface74 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:53PM (#19515309)
A tv show is still something I would expect to be able to watch on my tv?

Would you say a Word document is a web page?

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