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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...

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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?

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