Don't beg for a decade; improve it compatibly
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we could have begged Apple to do it for 10 years. And just hoped that one day they listened and did it. Yeah. Or we could just duplicate that tag, make sure it's backwards compatible with the iTunes version, and then modify it ourselves while maintaining the backwards compatibility, which is what we did.
Episode 178: Tepid Tub (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:06:28 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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When an iTunes tag isn't good enough (block, or NPR wanting named seasons), you can beg Apple for ten years with near-zero odds, or duplicate the tag, add the feature, and keep it backwards compatible. If there's no real improvement to offer, don't duplicate it. Do this enough and the podcast namespace could one day become a drop-in replacement.
Not in the audio. The 'no improvement, no duplication' rule comes from the 01:08:31 turn.