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I'm out of the loop. How did apple "close their walled garden for free podcasts recently"?

• ProAm 5y ago
  https://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 5y ago
    The 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 5y 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 5y ago
      Agreed, 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.