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ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 year agoYeah, but what I’m trying to say is that, functionally, that’s really all podcasts are. Google Podcasts (and many other podcast aggregators) glosses it over with some really shiny interface that lets you find shows better, and Spotify locks those RSS feeds behind a paywall, but at its core that’s all a podcast is. So AntennaPod doesn’t “also have them,” they’re the exact same product.
hayalci@fstab.sh 1 year ago
Ah true. Companies are great at hiding the open web that they (ab)use.
hayalci@fstab.sh 1 year ago
Otoh, Spotify (and probably apple and other big corps) don’t even allow you to add RSS URLs, so I wanted to point out they Google was one of the big players which was more open.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Actually Apple does allow it, but yeah, Spotify is a bad citizen here. I only used Google Podcasts once or twice, but good on them for giving the option. At least for as long as they were around.