Keep the mission pure: a non-Apple alternative when developers need it
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I'm trying to keep the mission pure on the index, and in give developers a non Apple alternative to things when they need it.
Episode 94: Bells Out (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:15:51 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Explaining the Apple-compatible lookup endpoint, Dave says the goal is to keep Podcast Index's mission pure and give developers a non-Apple alternative when they need one. It's meant as a failover, not a replacement; they can't afford to replace Apple's API.