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If I post a video on TikTok, you need to use the TikTok app to play it (with all the privacy implications of that). If I give you a podcast URL, you can play i
by paulgb 3y ago
If I post a video on TikTok, you need to use the TikTok app to play it (with all the privacy implications of that).
If I give you a podcast URL, you can play it in pocketcast, overcast, or even write a few lines of Python to download it and play it in an mp3 player.
- mock-possum 3y agoYou don’t even need python, RSS is just plain old (plaintext) human-readable XML, just follow the link and find the .mp3 url directly
- charcircuit 3y ago>If I post a video on TikTok, you need to use the TikTok app to play it You can play it using a web browser app by going to TikTok's website.
- input_sh 3y agoCan you play a TikTok video on, say, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts? That's the point. Feature-wise, they're all nearly identical. With podcasts, you can just choose your client or even create your own with the same catalogue as any of the big players. With short-form videos, you can't.
- charcircuit 3y agoThose apps embed a web view which allows those apps to load links to TikTok within the app.
- themoonisachees 3y ago...with all the privacy concerns that entails. The website is slightly better than the app but it's still a privacy nightmare