Are podcasts essentially the Fediverse? Lots of podcasts, lots of different platforms for listening, no one owns the idea?
@dfeldman Actual podcasts that are just mrss feeds? Yes. Proprietary shows that are called podcasts like Joe Rogan’s show? No.
@dfeldman Someone did try to own the idea and actually sued Apple, SanDisk and podcasters.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/01/podcast-episode-saving-podcasts-patent-troll
@dfeldman so… basically the orig idea of the internet?
@dfeldman If by podcasts you broaden out to RSS feeds, then yes. The fediverse and the old decentralized RSS "long tail" concept might not be repetitions of each other but they rhyme.