More and more coming across "podcasts" that can only be listened to on a specific platform, not in my podcatcher (any app for listening to podcasts via RSS feeds).

If a podcast doesn't disclose its RSS feed, is it really a podcast, or just an audio show that happens to be published on a specific platform?

In my mind podcasting is about the listener experience and mode of consumption as much as the production experience. If I can't listen to it like I do 99% of all podcasts, then for all intents and purposes it is not a podcast.

I know most people don't think about RSS feeds at all when listening but I had to mention it here as it's the mode of distribution that makes everything I just mentioned possible, with regards to freedom of listening where I want. Not where someone else wants.

#podcast #podcasting
Akkoma

@axbom Preach! The main appeal of #podcasts for me is their open nature. Listeners can choose whether they want to listen to a podcast in Overcast (me), Pocket Casts, Castro, AntennaPod, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or something else. Podcasters can choose how they want to host their creations plus if and how they want to monetize them. We’re free of any single company’s terms of service, surveillance and lock-in. Let’s not ruin that!