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I'm somewhat unsure what they actually changed, I'm really hoping they didn't just abandon the RSS feeds. As of 9:20 Eastern, I don't yet see the second releas
by kj4ips 8y ago
I'm somewhat unsure what they actually changed, I'm really hoping they didn't just abandon the RSS feeds.
As of 9:20 Eastern, I don't yet see the second release of BBC global news that I would expect to see for yesterday, which does not bode well.
If you take away RSS, it's not even a podcast anymore.
- astura 8y agoAccording to various news sources they just changed robots.txt. I can't confirm that myself right now. https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/26/18282436/bbc-podcasts-google-assistant-home-block https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/26/18282436/bbc-podcasts-goo... EDIT: Here's the robots.txt file: https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/robots.txt?utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2019-03-25 https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/robots.txt?utm_source=podn...
- kj4ips 8y agoLooks like it may have just been cached, a few minutes ago at approximately 9:28 Eastern my podcatcher of choice just downloaded the episode, even though pulling the RSS through my browser still does not show the episode. Additionally, the podnews article linked in other comments indicates this is just a trick with robots.txt, and does not appear to impact the actual function of the podcast.