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What would make it better for podcasts? Just curious, I use it for podcasts and have no major complaints. Any alternatives you suggest?
by isbadawi 6y ago
What would make it better for podcasts? Just curious, I use it for podcasts and have no major complaints. Any alternatives you suggest?
- felipemesquita 6y agoSpotify taking shows that used to be published in RSS and making them exclusives is bad for the really nice ecosystem of podcasts and podcast players that run on RSS, using just simple directories so users can add feeds by search and not only URLs. This is great for privacy (no creepy trackers, podcasts hosts only get your IP address from the download request) and for the fact that it’s not ruled by a central authority (like YouTube or Facebook) meaning creators aren’t subjected to arbitrary and sudden rule changes that may seriously damage their income. This recent article has a great explanation on this issue: https://stratechery.com/2020/dithering-and-the-open-web/ https://stratechery.com/2020/dithering-and-the-open-web/ My favorite podcast player is Overcast (iOS). I’ve also heard that Castro is good too. Hope you try one of these open players, there are many incredible podcasts that aren’t on spotify.
- wbercx 6y agoI listen to a few infosec podcasts when I'm out and about, and Spotify frequently forgets how far into an episode I am, or it just randomly jumps back half an hour. Only when I realise things sounds oddly familiar do I notice it happened yet again.