Chief TWiT Nov 18, 2022

Now that we're learning this lesson that centralized silos are brittle and operate in the interest of the owners not the users...

...please note the move toward centralizing podcasts into apps from Amazon/Audible, Spotify, iHeart, YouTube, TikTok etc.

If you like podcasts, use an RSS-based podcast player. Support the open ecosystem. We can only survive if you clearly see the threat and act supportively.

Show threadIron Curtain (Chiptunes)Nov 18, 2022
@leo Exactly. I use Apple Podcasts on my iPhone and Mac, but it operates on the RSS protocol and I refuse to go to a silo to listen to podcasts.
Show threadZac Davis ⚡️
@IronCurtain @leo ah it does? Good
Nov 19, 2022 at 1:38amWeb
Show threadIron Curtain (Chiptunes)Nov 19, 2022

@thatzacdavis @leo

It's ironic, isn't it? Apple would be the last company you'd expect to embrace open standards and they have yet to silo off their podcasts app. Not only that, but in their books app, if you search up a Project Gutenberg text, it'll show up to download whereas on Amazon's Kindle the only public domain books in their store are non-free versions in both the "beer" and "speech" senses of "non-free".

Show threadZac Davis ⚡️Nov 19, 2022
@IronCurtain @leo great to know! Thank you!
Show threadIron Curtain (Chiptunes)Nov 19, 2022
@thatzacdavis @leo No prob, Bob! Happy to help!