Comment by eviks

> Podcasts are built on an open standard, which is why they aren’t controlled by a bad algorithm and don’t have ads that spy on you

Of course they do, you can have regional ads depending on your IP. There are no "standards" "open" enough to kill ads And they are controlled by the same bad search/distribution algorithms any other type of mass media is

> and aren’t locked down to one app or platform

These exist as well, and sometimes the transition to a walled garden kills the historic catalogue