I'm hugely conflicted on this. Apple has been a hands-off/benevolent steward of the podcast ecosystem for the really the entire lifetime of podcasts. If they ma

I'm hugely conflicted on this. Apple has been a hands-off/benevolent steward of the podcast ecosystem for the really the entire lifetime of podcasts. If they make a play for "Apple Podcasts+" or similar I worry about the independence/distributed future of podcasts. Personally I refuse to listen to podcasts on any "podcast platforms" (Note this is very different from a "podcast network") because they are all attempting to be "The Netflix of Podcasts" which I have no interest in, I want to use my own podcast player (Overcast). I'm open to paying for podcasts (I spend about $20-25 or so a month on podcasts currently) but I don't like being locked into client (as in I don't like "Oh this I listen to on Spotify, this I listen to on Stitcher, etc").