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Now Apple removed that listing and replaced it with their new Apple Podcasts web app. All the old listing URLs redirect there. Sadly there doesn't seem to be an equivalent, full index access anymore. Only category pages have just a few podcasts on them. And a search. But no way to systematically access all podcasts. (At least as far as I can see).
If this is true I guess this will be problematic for the podcast ecosystem. Everyone who has their own directory can of course crawl the existing RSS feeds. But new Podcasts will probably mostly be submitted to the Apple index (and maybe a few other, bigger services).
I stumbled over this because I just so happened to play around with some ideas for a podcast service. So now I'm wondering: is this Apple misusing its dominating position? And where can I get an up-to-date full index of podcasts now?
I noticed that practically no submissions from InfoQ.com on HN get any engagement at all. Almost no comments, no upvotes. And by looking at the search results there must be thousands of submissions.
I read their stuff occasionally and find interesting things there from time to time. So Im wondering:
Is InfoQ considered low-quality / low-standard? Why?
I already read a lot of really bad things going on security wise with a lot of those vendors [1]. For my own kids I will probably put of wearable "smart" tech until its not longer acceptable in their friends groups (probably around 12-14 here in my part of germany).
I guess I will not be able to persuade my friend from not buying something for the kid. So as an IT professional I wonder what advice I can give her.
Any vendors, certificates, setups that arguably stand out for you? Alternatives?
[1] eg https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24763110