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Except for the fact that Apple closed their walled garden for free podcasts recently why would anyone want to get into bed financially with Apple over your own
by ProAm 6y ago
Except for the fact that Apple closed their walled garden for free podcasts recently why would anyone want to get into bed financially with Apple over your own content? Selling ads for your own podcast is not impossible. It is work, but not much. I fear most sponsors will slowly only do business with Apple, Spotify, etc.... essentially drying up a market that currently works for everyone.
- ihuman 6y agoI'm out of the loop. How did apple "close their walled garden for free podcasts recently"?
- ProAm 6y agohttps://www.imore.com/apple-temporarily-stops-accepting-podcasts-fueling-podcasts-plus-rumors https://www.imore.com/apple-temporarily-stops-accepting-podc... Presumably to start their new subscription service. Pretty typical of mega corps, gather market share for free then change how it works once you have enough lock in.
- ihuman 6y agoThe message says they they temporarily (not permanently) removed the ability to submit new shows. Is it still unavailable? I assumed they disabled it so they could enable the new podcast management features. Also, I thought apple's podcast app allows you to add an rss feed manually?
- vineyardmike 6y ago>gather market share for free then change how it works once you have enough lock in. They've had podcasts for more than a decade and barely touched it. I assume the new growth in podcasts recently spurred this more than some typical mega corp evil plan from the start.
- jhickok 6y agoAgreed, and it seems to be a defensive step that is meant to protect content creators from having to move to Spotify to get paid a premium for their podcast.