RSS is an accident of history, and it does its job fine
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it's just an as a sort of accident of history. That that RSS was the thing that was that was the syndication format of choice.
Episode 89: Poll Juice (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:42:11 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Responding to Spotify calling RSS outdated, Dave says RSS being the format is just an accident of history: when the enclosure idea came along, another format would have been fine too. RSS's job is to describe episode data to apps, and it does that perfectly well. It was never the only piece of the open podcast stack.
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Episode 89: Poll Juice (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:42:59 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
It RSS was never the sole piece of of the puzzle when it comes to podcasting.
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