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Re:Why I left Substack and the Email Renaissance by cally on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @08:18AM (#23689299)
"I’m one of a few that saw the power of RSS, which is now coming back in the shape of podcasts"

I don't think the rise of podcasts is massively due to RSS. I think it's because of the low cost / high creativity balance of the format, where the format uses RSS.

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Re:Why I left Substack and the Email Renaissance by toyg on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @08:49AM (#23689468)
It's somewhat ironic that podcasts have effectively outlived the two technologies they were based on (rss and iPods). Accidents of history and all that...
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Re:Why I left Substack and the Email Renaissance by JoelMcCracken on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @10:25AM (#23690318)
Same reason we call our pocket computers with voice chat "phones"
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Re:Why I left Substack and the Email Renaissance by Andrew_nenakhov on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @10:39AM (#23690483)
Not ironic at all. All that matters is the content, not the way it is delivered to the user.
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Re:Why I left Substack and the Email Renaissance by kevin_indig on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @10:52AM (#23690621)
> All that matters is the content, not the way it is delivered to the user.

I think it matters for the creators, though.

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Re:Why I left Substack and the Email Renaissance by magnio on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @11:16AM (#23690909)
Yeah tell that to the music industry.
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Re:Why I left Substack and the Email Renaissance by Andrew_nenakhov on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @03:49PM (#23694052)
Music oligopoly, you mean?
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Re:Why I left Substack and the Email Renaissance by kevin_indig on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @08:49AM (#23689465)
RSS is not the only reason but enabled, for example, Apple to create a platform for podcasts.
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