Apple Podcasts suddenly became a five-star app

Re:Apple Podcasts suddenly became a five-star app by LoveMortuus on Thursday February 03, 2022 @07:29AM (#30191600)

What is it that these apps offer that the default Google podcast doesn't? Does it give better discovery options? I'm asking because, I use Google podcast, but I use it to listen to podcasts that I already know exist, using the app itself to find interesting new podcasts hasn't been very successful for me.

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Re:Apple Podcasts suddenly became a five-star app by janandonly on Thursday February 03, 2022 @08:11AM (#30191949)

Yes and yes.

> What is it that these apps offer that the default Google podcast doesn't?

For one, donating directly to the podcaster herself instead of to Spotify/Google/Anchor/Apple or whoever else runs the app.

> Does it give better discovery options?

Sort of, yes. Let me explain: All podcasting apps rely on the Apple podcast index. [1] One of the very early podcasters, Adam Curry, was worried about this index being run by Apple, who may or may not one day decide to censor the index or ask money for it. So he set up his own [2].

[1] http://adam.curry.com/html/PODFATHER-g6c2RMsVnxgTdZ2DgHlVfMv...

[2] https://podcastindex.org/

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Re:Apple Podcasts suddenly became a five-star app by 7sidedmarble on Thursday February 03, 2022 @09:05AM (#30192507)

I'm curious then, how does this work with platform exclusives? Are they entered into these databases?

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