This comment has the kind of authoritative posturing that we should really have an intolerance for in conversation. It's certainly not informed. In addition t

This comment has the kind of authoritative posturing that we should really have an intolerance for in conversation. It's certainly not informed. In addition to jtbayly's comment about Google not hosting anything, there's the small point of iTunes not distributing podcasts, either. It's a glorified index of RSS feeds, described in detail here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16724635 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16724635 Apple, Google, and other traditional aggregators no more need permission to operate their services than TV Guide needed permission to list broadcast schedules. (Or to run a search engine, for that matter...) On the topic of URLs, see this discussion from several months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22038065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22038065