"The last thing we all need is for the 'data' economy to destroy another medium"

From “Apple’s actual role in podcasting: be careful what you wish for”:

[Podcasting is] completely decentralized, free, fair, open, and uncontrollable by any single entity, as long as the ecosystem of podcast-player apps remains diverse enough that no app can dictate arbitrary terms to publishers (the way Facebook now effectively controls the web publishing industry).

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And the last thing we all need is for the “data” economy to destroy another medium.

I don’t have much skin/knowledge in this game, but I agree that podcasts feel like one of the final pieces of media that hasn’t been overrun by money-grabbing. Nothing like this lasts but I’m living it up!