"The last thing we all need is for the 'data' economy to destroy another medium"

1 · Evan Hahn · May 10, 2016, 5 a.m.
From "Apple's actual role in podcasting: be careful what you wish for": [Podcasting is] completely decentralized, free, fair, open, and uncontrollable by any single entity, as long as the ecosystem of podcast-player apps remains diverse enough that no app can dictate arbitrary terms to publishers (the way Facebook now effectively controls the web publishing industry). [...] And the last thing we all need is for the "data" economy to destroy another medium. I don't have much skin/knowledge in t...