Have convictions, but be realistic, not utopian
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we wanted to decouple podcasting from Apple's control. But again, I don't think you can be an idealist or some sort of utopian, you
Episode 242: Poddy Pop Up (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:53:50 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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The Index was started to decouple podcasting from Apple's control, and Dave still holds that Apple's directory shouldn't be authoritative (it has bad data too). But he says you can't be an idealist or utopian dreamer. You have to admit that Apple gets first-hand signals from owners that the Index doesn't.
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Episode 242: Poddy Pop Up (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:54:39 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
Just because they show that something has a certain feed URL, that doesn't mean it's true. They have bad data just like we do.
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