I don't get why Stitcher has so much market share. Stitcher injects audio ads, has terrible download bandwidth, and requires the app to hit their central server

I don't get why Stitcher has so much market share. Stitcher injects audio ads, has terrible download bandwidth, and requires the app to hit their central server to download a podcast. I used sticher for the last three months and recently switched back to Downcast and never looked back.