Google's core business needs the open web, so it's suited to drive RSS
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their core business still depends on the open web existing. It depends on a humongous network of decentralized independent websites,
Episode 34: it's all hands on deck. Like swaby. Get up there in the rigging. everybody. (approx., from transcript intro) 00:35:21 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Google Podcasts gets its feeds the way the Index does: by crawling, without Apple or Spotify's direct pipeline. Dave thinks that makes Google well suited to champion open RSS podcasting, because despite its faults, its core business depends on a huge network of independent websites existing.
Not in the audio. Guest episode; the quote comes from a 9-cue Dave run. Dave adds that he's no Google fan, but that line was labelled Unknown and isn't quoted.