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"I’m one of a few that saw the power of RSS, which is now coming back in the shape of podcasts"

I don't think the rise of podcasts is massively due to RSS. I think it's because of the low cost / high creativity balance of the format, where the format uses RSS.

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It's somewhat ironic that podcasts have effectively outlived the two technologies they were based on (rss and iPods). Accidents of history and all that...

Same reason we call our pocket computers with voice chat "phones"

Not ironic at all. All that matters is the content, not the way it is delivered to the user.

> All that matters is the content, not the way it is delivered to the user.

I think it matters for the creators, though.

Yeah tell that to the music industry.

Music oligopoly, you mean?

RSS is not the only reason but enabled, for example, Apple to create a platform for podcasts.

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