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Antenna pod -- https://antennapod.org/
Google play page -- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.danoeh.ante...
Github -- https://github.com/antennapod/AntennaPod
It uses RSS and open standards, has all of the podcast playing features like 2x speed, sleep timer auto download etc.
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By "revocable, per-user keys" do you mean each user is given a unique URL to download premium content from or is some type of cryptographic DRM being leveraged?
I'd imagine it's a token in the request headers
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> Seems odd to define a thing by how it's packaged and consumed rather than the content itself. You mean like TV shows? And radio shows? And newspaper comics?
I would agree with you if it weren't for the fact that all of those things are completely divorced from their original medium. Saying that podcasts have to be consumed via RSS is like saying that TV must be delivered via cable.
Would you say a Word document is a web page?
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Because when you use their ecosystem, they get user data. They acknowledge that in their blog post: > We also want to make our programmes and services as good as they can possibly be - this means us getting hold of meaningful audience data. They claim it's because they're a public service and need to know what the public want, but there are other ways, and I'm torn on if it's a legit case or not. NPR has been trying…
Which is a lie. Podcasts are played directly from the source, meaning they have the stats already. The only thing they may not know are subscription rates.
Podcasts are great because they're essentially open and standardized, and I can sync them with bloated desktop programs like iTunes, FOSS programs like Antennapod, or even command-line interfaces like Newsboat. DRM and arbitrary gating of media behind proprietary technologies just makes it worse and blocks it off from so many people.
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Google Podcasts is a replacement for the Podcast aspect of Google Play Music. They're splitting it into "Google Podcasts" and "YouTube Music"
Google Podcasts is TERRIBLE compared to Google Play. The UX is just so bad. You'd expect at least some podcast-specific features like mark podcast as listened.
This is hilarious. Google is trying to leverage it's search & mobile OS market positions into pushing people towards its podcast app. Unfortunately for Google it has come up against one of the few entities in the world that can just turn around and say "Fuck. That." Frankly, I think this is a monopolist tactic from Google and it should result in government investigations but I have no hope that will happen. Nice to k…
What's hilarious is that the reason is Google is pushing back on sharing user analytics with BBC. For another company it'd be the pinnacle of respecting user but you just seem biased against Google so there's nothing they can do to please you it seems. All other services (Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple, etc.) serve podcasts on their own properties but if Google does it it's monopolistic. To me such claims about Google ha…
The BBC already have all the consumption data that they would expect - IP address, device, time listened, etc - in their own server logs. Just like a normal podcast player.
So... what user analytics do the BBC actually want?
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That's not quite what happens. https://podnews.net/article/bbc-blocks-google does go into the actual user experience, rather than what the BBC is claiming.
But this brings up a good point. What is the value of google showing you the play buttons in the search results? They're trying to keep you on google's site.
1. You see a podcast you're interested in
2. You go to the BBC's website
3. You discover you need to download BBC Sounds (if in the UK)
4. You download the app
5. You register with a username and password (and UK postcode, which narrows you down to the street where you live)
6. You press play and start listening
or
1. You see a podcast you're interested in
2. You press play and start listening
Wouldn't anyone prefer #2? Including the BBC's programme makers?
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That's not quite what happens. https://podnews.net/article/bbc-blocks-google does go into the actual user experience, rather than what the BBC is claiming.
> though BBC Sounds remains unavailable to non-UK listeners I'm a non-UK listener and use the BBC Sounds app all the time. The only thing that's unavailable are program downloads.
Unless you're side-loading on Android, which is perfectly possible too, but that's not quite "being available".