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A comment on Ask HN: Whats missing from podcasting? Why hasn't the market grown larger?.

Re:Ask HN: Whats missing from podcasting? Why hasn't the mar... by noodle on Tuesday September 01, 2009 @04:22PM (#798841)
the audience has hit its saturation point. if you're not podcasting, either you don't understand it (i.e, you don't need an ipod to consume podcasts), don't know about it, or don't want to do it.

i'd like to see a popular alternative podcasting application rise up. something better than itunes, geared towards the users that don't have ipods. i'd use it. does it exist already? i have no clue, and i consume tons of podcasts. it would definitely help to break the association between podcasting and ipods, which i think is holding some users back.

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Re:Ask HN: Whats missing from podcasting? Why hasn't the mar... by MichaelApproved on Tuesday September 01, 2009 @04:40PM (#798880)
You can listen to the shows on the web through the flash players most of these guys have on their pages. Is it the effort to listen to the show or the effort to discover the show?
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Re:Ask HN: Whats missing from podcasting? Why hasn't the mar... by noodle on Tuesday September 01, 2009 @05:05PM (#798946)
both.

a desktop application allows you a variety of options with respect to obtaining and consuming content. you can listen to content on the provider's webpage, sure, but it narrows your options greatly.

and sure, its not really that tough to discover new content online. something that helps you discover new purely podcasting content just helps to reduce the noise and makes proliferation of the medium easier for people who have a lower tolerance of technology and/or inconvenience. i can find the podcasts i want just fine. but i'm the current audience. you need to make it easier for soccer moms or grandfathers to find podcasts in order to break out of the current stagnation.

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