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Why did people create podcasts for free and distribute them via RSS? Because there once was a time when advances in computing had use cases that weren't driven
by rchaud 4y ago
Why did people create podcasts for free and distribute them via RSS? Because there once was a time when advances in computing had use cases that weren't driven entirely by commercial interests.
- moffkalast 4y agoIf only we still lived in that reality.
- account42 4y agoYou can always choose to. Not everyone will join you of course and you might be discouraged because of that but there are plenty of us putting websites and content online without commercial interests.
- nine_k 4y agoWe still do! But the percentage of such publishers is smaller than back then, maybe against the desires if would-be publishers. Do you think it was easy to offer paid online content and get paid in 1998?