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Apple Plans to Bankroll Original Podcasts to Fend Off Rivals

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Re: Apple Plans to Bankroll Original Podcasts to Fend Off Rivals

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Post by godzillabrennus »

jfengel wrote: post #4
MBCook wrote: post #2

This is very unfortunate. Apple being totally hands off, other than running the iTunes podcast directory, is one of the best things that’s ever happened for podcasts. I like my 3rd party app (Overcast). I don’t want to have to use 3 podcast apps to listen to all my podcasts. I think I agree with some of the podcast app developers: if it’s not available in any app it shouldn’t be called a ‘podcast’.

Kind of ironic, since the name "podcast" comes from the Apple iPod. If anybody would have first dibs on the name "podcast", it's them.

That in and of itself is kind of ironic since the iPod has been all but relegated to the annals of history.

Re: Apple Plans to Bankroll Original Podcasts to Fend Off Rivals

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Post by lukebitts »

microdrum wrote: post #7
MBCook wrote: post #2

This is very unfortunate. Apple being totally hands off, other than running the iTunes podcast directory, is one of the best things that’s ever happened for podcasts. I like my 3rd party app (Overcast). I don’t want to have to use 3 podcast apps to listen to all my podcasts. I think I agree with some of the podcast app developers: if it’s not available in any app it shouldn’t be called a ‘podcast’.

Although I personally don’t like Overcast because of the ad injection (which I consider immoral) and the hypocrisy of its author being anti-ads in general (not to mention having built Tumblr, which turned out to be a porn obfuscation service), I agree that this is a bad move by Apple. Doesn’t matter: podcasts are going to go the way of TV, radio, and movies anyway.

What is a "porn obfuscation service"?

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Post by theturtletalks »

godzillabrennus wrote: post #11
jfengel wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kind of ironic, since the name "podcast" comes from the Apple iPod. If anybody would have first dibs on the name "podcast", it's them.

That in and of itself is kind of ironic since the iPod has been all but relegated to the annals of history.

Apple, as it is now, was built off the cash cow that was the iPod. Then they cannibalized it with the iPhone.

Re: Apple Plans to Bankroll Original Podcasts to Fend Off Rivals

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Post by reaperducer »

MBCook wrote: post #2

This is very unfortunate. Apple being totally hands off, other than running the iTunes podcast directory, is one of the best things that’s ever happened for podcasts. I like my 3rd party app (Overcast). I don’t want to have to use 3 podcast apps to listen to all my podcasts. I think I agree with some of the podcast app developers: if it’s not available in any app it shouldn’t be called a ‘podcast’.

Form what I read in the article it doesn't sound all that terrible. If Apple were to remove all non-Apple podcasts from its platform, that would be bad. This is just Apple supplementing what's already available.

It's very much like Apple rolling out original television shows on the AppleTV. It's not like HBO is getting kicked out.

It makes sense to me that Apple would do this. Since it's making podcasts a separate program on the Mac, it wants to make it more popular and useful.

As far as I can tell, there's nothing stopping another person, company, or organization from producing podcasts that blow Apple's offerings out of the water and still distributing them through Apple. When that happens, I'll worry. Until then, this seems like an OK way to draw attention to podcasts as a whole.

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Post by MBCook »

barbecue_sauce wrote: post #6

Is this where Spotify is heading as well with its acquisition of Gimlet?

Probably. And I won’t listen to any Gimlet shows that require me to use the Spotify app.

I’m fine with subscription podcasts, I pay for a few. But if I can’t use my podcast app it’s not happening.

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Post by stetrain »

microdrum wrote: post #7
MBCook wrote: post #2

This is very unfortunate. Apple being totally hands off, other than running the iTunes podcast directory, is one of the best things that’s ever happened for podcasts. I like my 3rd party app (Overcast). I don’t want to have to use 3 podcast apps to listen to all my podcasts. I think I agree with some of the podcast app developers: if it’s not available in any app it shouldn’t be called a ‘podcast’.

Although I personally don’t like Overcast because of the ad injection (which I consider immoral) and the hypocrisy of its author being anti-ads in general (not to mention having built Tumblr, which turned out to be a porn obfuscation service), I agree that this is a bad move by Apple. Doesn’t matter: podcasts are going to go the way of TV, radio, and movies anyway.

Ad injection?

As far as I know Overcast does not inject ads into podcasts. There are banner ads within the app but that's not "injection"

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