The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts

Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by jrochkind1 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @07:23PM (#34526174)

Spotify podcasts don't have RSS feeds either. And have massively expanded their podcast program over the past few years, such that they know serve more podcast listeners than Apple.

But this is the play several big players are involved in make to try to convert podcasts into walled gardens.

The OP is really sniping around the edges of a major thing that's going on, which Apple is actually playing catch-up on.

https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/will-spotify-ruin-podcast...

https://fair.org/home/the-new-podcast-oligopoly/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/23/techscape...

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Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by Trumpi on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @08:21PM (#34526601)

Well, the old-timers (such as me) don't really like what Spotify are doing either. A "podcast", in our view, conforms to a de-facto standard, the RSS feed. This is what ensures its openness. You have choices about where to host it. Your listeners have choices of where to consume it.

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Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by jrochkind1 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @08:23PM (#34526609)

Of course, I agree, I don't like any of it. And it's going on with or without Apple, they are playing catch-up not driving it.

I am not saying this to "excuse" Apple, I'm interested in no such thing. My point is that stopping Apple wouldn't stop it.

I don't know how to stop it. It's sad.

But I don't listen to spotify podcasts, even when some of my favorites get absorbed by them.

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Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by BonoboIO on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:38AM (#34529222)

There are ways to get the off files and create your own rss, because their player is sh*t … i Heard ;-)

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