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I think you are currently right, but that's probably ending soon as Apple looks to fund their own exclusive podcasts too [1]. I hope podcasters and their cooper
by jeffchien 7y ago
I think you are currently right, but that's probably ending soon as Apple looks to fund their own exclusive podcasts too [1]. I hope podcasters and their cooperatives/companies can resist the siren call.
[1] https://venturebeat.com/2019/07/16/apple-will-reportedly-fund-exclusive-podcasts-to-challenge-spotify/ https://venturebeat.com/2019/07/16/apple-will-reportedly-fun...
- scarface74 7y agoI would be okay with that if Apple introduced a standard in the RSS feed that allowed subscription, paid for podcasts that worked across apps. I’m all for a business model that lets me give companies money and they give me stuff as opposed to advertising.
- stordoff 7y agoFWIW, Giant Bomb (and I assume other sites) have premium podcasts that you can only access if you are a paid member[1], and you just subscribe using: https://www.giantbomb.com/podcast-xml/premiumbombcast?api_key=<KEY> https://www.giantbomb.com/podcast-xml/premiumbombcast?api_ke... (you just copy it from the RSS button on their site) (previously it was https://username:password@www.giantbomb.com/podcast-xml/premium/ https://username:password@www.giantbomb.com/podcast-xml/prem...) Seems to work across most apps. I don't see why it would be that hard to build a standard around something similar. [1] primarily ad-free versions of their main podcasts, but they also have premium-exclusive podcasts