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		leppr on March 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wavve: making $76k a month turning podcasts into v... Maybe, but it is slightly ironic to chose 'the' walled garden platform and also read that quote from him in the shared article: > For podcasting to remain open and free, we must not leave major shortcomings for proprietary, locked-down services to exploit. Conversely, the more we strengthen the open podcast ecosystem with content, functionality, and ease of use, the larger the barrier becomes that any walled garden must overcome to be compelling.

prepend on March 26, 2020 [–]

It makes sense given that iOS has the biggest podcast network and is more lucrative for app developers.

And I suppose if I must choose a walled garden, I’d rather choose the one with the lowest walls.

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