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At least for the actual audio, I understand that podcasters get grumpy when people cache that server-side, because they depend on server logs to get viewership
by Gaelan 6y ago
At least for the actual audio, I understand that podcasters get grumpy when people cache that server-side, because they depend on server logs to get viewership numbers for advertisers, so if a popular client downloads the audio once and distributes it to all their customers, they can't make money off any of those customers.
- evanb 6y agoPodcasts also often target advertisements geographically (based on IP address, I guess?). Being able to serve to each listener is part of their value proposition to advertisers.