I heard a YouTuber say today, "We are now available wherever you get your podcast; that means that an audio format of the show is now available on both Spotify and on Apple Music/Podcasts,“ and, like…isn’t the contradiction of the first half against merely 2 (technically 3) locations not glaringly obvious?

Like, I get that most people don’t conceive of things on their computers, anymore, in terms of files and there’s a convenience to going to a centralized service to browse for a particular thing (podcasts, in this case) but…it’s still annoying that we’re shoving things which still, currently, – with relative frequency – can be accessed not behind proprietary, paywalled locations into these locations that’re beyond collective control.

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    20 hours ago

    “Wherever you get your podcasts” should mean an audio version is available on a public RSS feed that any podcast service, web player, or RSS reader can receive. Spotify and Apple Podcasts are the most commonly advertised because they cover the vast majority of listeners, while the rest are divided among a dozen other sources.