Nice to see the beeb telling Google to "get in the sea". On a tangential, but not unrelated note, I'm kinda frustrated with the way podcasts are increasingly be

Nice to see the beeb telling Google to "get in the sea". On a tangential, but not unrelated note, I'm kinda frustrated with the way podcasts are increasingly being distributed these days. So many sites push their content out to the likes of Stitcher or iTunes or some other third party service that try and force you to use an app or their crappy website. In many cases the option to download just the raw MP3 has quietly disappeared. Just let me download the fricken MP3, I don't need some stupid ad plagued spyware to listen to a podcast. I realise sometimes this can be about monetising your content to help pay for production costs. But you know what? I'm happy to pay, and already do to some folks via Patreon/Paypal etc. Just don't force me to jump through hoops to eventually locate the raw MP3 that I can listen to on my own terms.