[samdunham]

For the most part, the podcasts I listen to are independent. I'm not all that concerned about a megacorp coming in and destroying things. If Apple and Google couldn't do it, I think we're okay for a while.

[oefrha]

> If Apple and Google couldn't do it

Apple sat on a de facto monopoly on the podcast player market for a vey long time and simply left it alone. They absolutely could have ruined it. They just didn’t.

I’m not sure about the Android ecosystem (it was pretty much irrelevant for the podcast market until relatively recently anyway), but did Google even try?

[squiggleblaz]

Google barely even touches podcasts. I'm not sure if there's a "default podcast app" on Android.

[arkitaip]

There is an app called Google Podcasts (com.google.android.apps.podcasts) but I don't think it's an Android default.

[wyxuan]

spotify has also decided to say editorially independent from podcast making, just look at Gimlet