Yes, pretty much. You can also post-process them to remove ads etc. because you have the files on your own server. Some podcasts remove all of their backlog wh

Yes, pretty much. You can also post-process them to remove ads etc. because you have the files on your own server. Some podcasts remove all of their backlog when they "sell out" and go behind a paywall, having them backed up prevents that. (How did this get made?[0] being one example) Also some podcasts (BBC ones I think) add ads while you download, based on your country. Some of my No Such Thing As A Fish[1] episodes have Christmas themed ads in them because that's when they we're cached :) [0] https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/ https://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-this-get-made/ [1] https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com