You may have heard a lot about "enshittification" lately.
Cory Doctorow in the link below talks about how podcasts remain relatively resistance to this process.
Despite serious attempts, "platforms" have been unable to keep podcasts consumers and creators in their walled garden.
Podcasters continue to create and distribute their content independent of specific apps.
Doctorow on Podcasts and Enshittification. https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/27/enshittification-resistance/