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Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by simonh on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:33AM (#34528043)
>> They ARE the podcast industry. And they’ve been open. >Hmmm is this really true?

They’ve accounted for the vast majority of podcast listeners since the early iPod days. It’s literally why they are called podcasts. They only dipped below 50% of listeners relatively recently.

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Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by bongobingo1 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:24AM (#34529135)
Wonder what they're called in the alternate universes? Zunecasts? (mp)3casts?
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Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by ahartmetz on Thursday January 26, 2023 @04:39AM (#34529623)
Netcast seems appropriate
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Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by rhaway84773 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:38AM (#34530054)
Both podcasts and the term podcast predated Apple’s support of podcasts. The reason it was named as such was because iPods were the most popular listening device for podcasts.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast

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Re:The absolute audacity of Apple Podcasts by simonh on Thursday January 26, 2023 @08:27AM (#34531348)
That's what I meant but you're right my comment could easily be interpreted differently, thanks.
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