Apple's new features come from an RSS revival, not Spotify competition
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competition from Spotify. I don't think that I do not credit Spotify with pushing Apple podcasts to make a bunch of changes or make or add a bunch of new features. I credit a reinvigoration of RSS.
Episode 241: RSS NutJobs (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:25:18 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Responding to claims that Spotify is pushing Apple Podcasts, Dave disagrees. Apple Podcasts could have added nothing for 20 years and still lived on in the Apple fortress. What changed is a renewed vigor in RSS itself. Apple now checks whether an open community namespace already exists for a feature and joins it, so it stays compatible with what the community is doing.
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Episode 241: RSS NutJobs (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:22:19 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
in the in the open source RSS world. And we're going to make sure that what we do also plays nice with what you guys are doing.
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