Podcast balance between website and iTunes and beyond
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 7:56 am
Hey all.
There's something that's been bugging me about the podcast situation regarding uploads to other platforms besides the website. My current understanding is that the website is currently the best place to get the downloads. But not everyone is able to get the downloads in a convenient manner on their devices besides grabbing the downloads one by one from the website. iTunes was an extremely convenient platform where anyone who had a cellphone could subscribe to the show that they liked, and could have the most recent episode downloaded with little to no user input. Android podcast apps do this as well, so no one is left out (although I have no idea about windows phones, sorry). But what I've noticed is that the iTunes route is most likely no longer an option, since less and less show hosts are uploading to iTunes anymore. So I'm wondering: is there a remedy to this, or do people like me who rely heavily on these sort of conveniences have to -for lack of a better term-"suck it up", and just use the website? I really, really hope that the latter isn't the case. A suggestion I had floating around my head is something like an RSS feed-type thing for the podcasts, if that is even a thing that even exists or is possible. Hope my opinion on this subject makes things better. Thanks.
There's something that's been bugging me about the podcast situation regarding uploads to other platforms besides the website. My current understanding is that the website is currently the best place to get the downloads. But not everyone is able to get the downloads in a convenient manner on their devices besides grabbing the downloads one by one from the website. iTunes was an extremely convenient platform where anyone who had a cellphone could subscribe to the show that they liked, and could have the most recent episode downloaded with little to no user input. Android podcast apps do this as well, so no one is left out (although I have no idea about windows phones, sorry). But what I've noticed is that the iTunes route is most likely no longer an option, since less and less show hosts are uploading to iTunes anymore. So I'm wondering: is there a remedy to this, or do people like me who rely heavily on these sort of conveniences have to -for lack of a better term-"suck it up", and just use the website? I really, really hope that the latter isn't the case. A suggestion I had floating around my head is something like an RSS feed-type thing for the podcasts, if that is even a thing that even exists or is possible. Hope my opinion on this subject makes things better. Thanks.