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by thaumasiotes 851 days ago
> RSS is not the same thing as podcasts

Well, yeah. Not only is it not the same thing, the concepts aren't related in any way.

A podcast is an audio file. RSS is a format for publishing the information that you've updated your website.

>>> With podcasts, we now have an entire universe of media distribution that happens via an open protocol that is not controlled by any one company, which is a miracle.

We had that before podcasts. You go to a web page, and you download a file. The protocol is called "HTTP", the HyperText Transfer Protocol.

Where do podcasts come into this?