> The problem with these walled gardens is that Apple is great for about 15% of the Audience that actually uses their products. A number of other apps (includi

> The problem with these walled gardens is that Apple is great for about 15% of the Audience that actually uses their products. A number of other apps (including Pocketcasts and Rhythmbox on Linux) scrape the iTunes directory for podcast feeds. So getting your podcast in iTunes is reaching much more than 15% of the market. Purely anecdotally from people I've spoken with and podcasts I listen to, Apple is their largest source of subs.