Comments on: Apple gives podcasts a gentle push out of iTunes

By: Apple is Always Right

Apple is Always Right — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:50:35 +0000

Why is iTunes bloated? Answer: To invades the Windows plataform and sell iPods, iPhones, Music, Movies… Now in a post PC world… there’s no room for Windows… and all will become iOS apps.

By: Bac

Bac — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:20:53 +0000

I think Apple is finally going to spin off all of it’s separate iTunes content into separate apps. I have said many times that renting a movie or buying an app from a store named iTunes just doesn’t make sense.

By: justme2

justme2 — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 05:25:31 +0000

They’ll still be available in iTunes on the Mac OS platform (desktop, laptop) which is where you’d be doing your uploading — this is talking about changes on iOS6 when it comes out.

By: thomas65807

thomas65807 — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:28:11 +0000

iTunes isn’t being pared down. Podcasts will STILL be in iTunes, just as before. Podcasts are ALSO getting a separate app to provide users with a new access point. You neglected to read the final paragraph of the article above:

Kafka reports, “People familiar with Apple’s plans tell me that when its new iOS 6 software becomes widely available this fall, podcasts will have their own app, where users will be able to discover, download and play them on mobile devices. Users who access iTunes via laptop and desktop machines will still find them in that version of iTunes, though.”

By: thomas65807

thomas65807 — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:27:16 +0000

Podcasts will STILL be in iTunes, just as before. Podcasts are ALSO getting a separate app to provide users with a new access point. You neglected to read the final paragraph of the article above:

By: Dmitri

Dmitri — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:30:05 +0000

I often think that “Macbreak weekly” should just change its name to “Panicking about Apple” and be done with it already.

By: Tessellator

Tessellator — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:02:13 +0000

To give you (all) some perspective; Leo Laporte was the A-hole who attempted to copyright the term “podcast” (undoubtedly to license use of it or at minimum control it (and derive profit indirectly))
Apple filed for fair use of the copyright (they invented and had already been using the term long before laporte filed a copyright.)
He screamed his chicken (Sh_t) head off, badmouthing apple and saying they were going to use the copyright to “corner” or own the “podcast space”. (funny how you always see your own bad intentions in others eh?)
Turns out all Apple was doing was making sure some a-hole didn’t try to make people pay to use the term. (thus foiling laporte’s dreams of world podcast domination )
The guy has had a chip on his shoulder ever since and his best buddies (and collaborators) are the likes of Paul Thurrott (and other apple hating weenies of his ilk.)

By: janekg

janekg — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:44:05 +0000

So how do I download my podcasts to my iPod Shuffle and or Nano if they’re not there in iTunes?

By: Synth

Synth — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 14:15:43 +0000

Exactly. This is no different than the iTunesU app. Or the iBooks app.
Much ado about nothing.

By: Grog arc

Grog arc — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:58:38 +0000

….Do it for THEM. not him.. iPad keyboard don’t ya know….

By: Grog arc

Grog arc — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:56:26 +0000

I was frustrated with getting podcasts in on my iPad 3. A bit of research brought me the
Downcast app. It’s brilliant. I bet Apple hired the downcast progammer to do I for him. . It even syncs with iCloud.
No need to wait for IOS 6

By: MarkyMark

MarkyMark — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:07:25 +0000

I actively use iTunes to subscribe to a number of podcasts, which I then usually sync to my iPad. Apple has clearly been moving to “deprecate” the Radio function in iTunes, and the Podcast function in the iOS 5 where it became an obscure afterthought in the new “Music” app. So basically what they’re saying is that any “free” service they’ve been providing in recent years to hook you on their hardware is probably not long for this world.

Probably means that anything you don’t actively pay for in the current iTunes may be gone before too long. Sort of like minor, insignificant things like optical drives, Ethernet ports, FireWire ports, and mini DisplayPorts in the new MacBooks. Bye bye!

By: TheAppleogist

TheAppleogist — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:55:49 +0000

Titillating headline that’s meant to piss off the readers. Congratulations! Mission accomplished. But not with Apple though.

By: ban6dit

ban6dit — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:32:13 +0000

No it doesn’t

By: Nekogami13

Nekogami13 — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 03:17:16 +0000

No big deal to me, I already use a seperate app.
It offers better functionality than what iTunes or the music app does.
Nice to see Apple addressing this.

By: auren

auren — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 02:53:28 +0000

ummm… yes it does

By: Derek Currie

Derek Currie — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:58:15 +0000

Podcasts were supposed to be a big deal several years ago, but that boom never happened.

WRONG. Kafka must have been a cockroach at the time and missed it.

By: montex

montex — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:07:45 +0000

For a boom that never happened, I sure seem to listen/watch more podcasts than watch tv or listen to the radio. My favorites are the Rachel Maddow Show and Savage Lovecast. Skeptical Inquirer and The Nerdist are pretty good, too.

By: praus

praus — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:54:01 +0000

Yeah I was a bit scared too. There are several Podcasts I listen to on a regular basis. With some podcasts having hundreds of thousands of listeners, it’s really smart for Apple to put a bit of effort behind making the experience even better.

By: LordRobin

LordRobin — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:29:58 +0000

This columnist needs to understand the difference between iTunes the media player/organizer and iTunes the store. When I read the headlines, I nearly freaked out.

But nothing’s changing for me. I prefer to download my podcasts on my Mac and sync them.

——RM

By: LordRobin

LordRobin — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:27:58 +0000

Yeah, reading that was kind of a “blink in disbelief” moment. Podcasts never struggled to “take off”. What they needed to do was mature.

Podcasts followed a similar path as blogs did when they first appeared on the scene. First, everyone and his brother had a blog/podcast and they were all crap. Then the format matured as it became the domain of people who took it very seriously. Today, the most popular blogs are run professionally by people who update them every day. Similarly, podcasts have matured into a serious audio format dominated by serious podcasters who update every week.

——RM

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:22:54 +0000

hopefully. Newsstand won’t go in a folder…

By: LordRobin

LordRobin — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:21:14 +0000

Yeah, this is getting a little silly. How many new mandatory apps does that make? Oh well, this is why we have folders.

——RM

By: Stevewithmanyjobs

Stevewithmanyjobs — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:09:06 +0000

Like the iTunes U App?

By: Cubert

Cubert — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:58:51 +0000

Podcasts never took off?!?!?
There are hundreds of thousands of them on iTunes. Just about every radio program makes a podcast of it. Many, many bloggers and journalists make podcasts – video or audio-only. Podcasts are one of Apple’s many contributions to the digital age. This guy clearly doesn’t understand that.

By: Cubert

Cubert — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:52:12 +0000

He’s talking about iOS 6.

By: Apple is Always Right

Apple is Always Right — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:45:49 +0000

Leo Laporte sucks. Good move Apple!!!!!! Audio is kind boring. Video? Create your own app…. Do something more fun RSS is over… and iTunes is bloated.

By: auramac

auramac — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:44:20 +0000

Podcasts are not “in the way.”

By: danilko1

danilko1 — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:24:52 +0000

I just checked. Podcasts are still there. I will believe this when I see it.

By: Sucker

Sucker — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:49:31 +0000

If Apple is moving podcasts to their own app, then add Stitcher to the list of apps killed by iOS 6.

Would that iTunes on the iPad/Phone/Pod was not called the same thing as the desktop app. Headlines like that scare me.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:31:49 +0000

Hooray,
Another icon I probably won’t be able to delete!

By: breeze

breeze — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:24:04 +0000

Another brick in Apple’s production world

By: Bizlaw

Bizlaw — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:21:15 +0000

That’s probably a good idea by Apple, to pare down iTunes a bit. Plus, a separate Podcast app like Newsstand/iBooks or individual Podcast apps would allow for more marketing focus to be placed on Podcasts.

By: Horseman

Horseman — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:12:53 +0000

Phew! Don’t scare me like that. I can’t survive without my Tiësto’s Club Life!