I want decentralized services to become mainstream, but it is understandable that people are hesitant. Signing up for new services takes some time and requires password management which many people doesn’t take as seriously as they should. Any pod could also be discontinued for various reasons.

We should advocate RSS because as long as we make the process of using the right reader easy, it is a very convenient way of staying updated on the newest peertube juggling videos, mobilizon hackathon events or pixelfed handstands photos.

We just need to find RSS readers that are cross platform and preserves the users digital rights. That way it is much easier to convince people to join in on the fediverse. This solution will also give more attention to RSS, which is decentralized and ethical as well.

  • Bilb!@lemmy.ml
    5·
    4 years ago

    But strictly speaking, an RSS feed, (often with itunes: extensions) with links to media files is what a podcast is.

      • Niquarl@lemmy.ml
        2·
        4 years ago

        I’m honesty a bit surprised. Perhaps I’m not “normie” enough but there are loads of podcast apps after iTunes. Yeah podcasters mention iTunes because of the reviews but they also often say something like “or wherever you get your podcasts from”. A lot of websites have got direct links to the RSS too.

        Actually podcasts might be the last thing RSS is actually popular for honestly.

        • ufra@lemmy.ml
          1·
          4 years ago

          I never really thought much about it, but if someone asked if Apple hosts podcasts, I probably would’ve said yes, thinking it was like youtube. I’m aware of other apps but I didn’t think many podcasters managed their own hosting. These guys were talking about running his own in-house server to avoid corporate interests from taking them down like YT was doing.

          I don’t know if that is a threat for other podcasters, but I naively thought Apple could shut down a podcast. Thank s for the insights, it’s something on my list to look more into one day.

          • Niquarl@lemmy.ml
            1·
            4 years ago

            Yeah. I don’t actually know if Apple hosts podcast themselves. Maybe they’ve got some “Apple Originals”? In fairness, I think Apple provides a service via iTunes or their iPhone podcast application so they could block podcasts that would go against their chosen rules, just like any other podcast app. There is always AntennaPod on Android (FLOSS, available on F-Droid).