[scarface74]

If you are referring to players like Spotify. Those aren’t “podcast”. A podcast consists of a sound file I can access via an RSS feed.

Spotify exclusives are non pre podcasts than pages that were hosted on AOL.

My smart tv isn’t connected to the internet after registering it. I have an AppleTV connected.

[dylan604]

>A podcast consists of a sound file I can access via an RSS feed.

I think podcast has outgrown that definition some time ago.

[scarface74]

There is a reason I stopped listening to Gimlet podcasts once they went exclusively to Spotify.

[kornhole]

Both Google and Apple have their own podcast players that collect what you listen to.

[scarface74]

“Privacy” has never been about the service you are using collecting data for recommendations and even advertising while you are using the service. People aren’t complaining that when you tell FB that you are a married man interested in women that they target advertising for your demographic. It’s about collecting data when you are not on the platform.

But Apple doesn’t make money by advertising based on the podcast you listen to. I doubt they make any real money on their new podcast subscription service. Apple doesn’t even hosts podcasts. They just index RSS feeds. The podcast directory API has been freely available for over a decade and is used by third party podcast players.

Unlike Spotify, you can subscribe to a podcast feed that isn’t in the directory.