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 threadrustyNov 18, 2022
@leo as any centralized silo is fragile, whether it is one of the big CDNs, or a single user hosted store, I really would like to see more options for distributed hosting as well. Perhaps something like rss feeds that update to multiple locations, and content hosted in something like a torrent based file system. One advantage to this could be that a nomad Podcaster wouldn't have to have a persistent online presence.
Show threadJames Cridland

@rusty @leo There is IPFS for podcasting, which does much of what you're looking for. https://ipfspodcasting.net/

Realistically, though, until podcasting has a fundamental change away from download metrics, there are benefits to keep shows hosted in one place (and that's why many podcasters don't like services that cache your audio).

What's great about RSS podcasting is that you can host your audio anywhere.

IPFS Podcasting

Decentralized Podcast Distribution over IPFS

Nov 19, 2022 at 1:12pmWeb
Show threadrustyNov 19, 2022
@james @leo I agree that the question of downloading metrics will continue to be critical, especially in the commercial market. About the only way to get around that is if you control what players can access your content like Audible does with audio books, and it reports activity on locally stored content. I was aiming more at the rss feed variety, and my own experience with web servers that go down because of other Single Points of Failure failing.