I'd rather give my money directly to the podcaster(s), knowing they'll earn closer to the full fee than what Apple will give them (since it's always a race-to-the-bottom pricing with Apple).
For example, the TWiT network [twit.tv] recently started a 'club' version of their podcasts (can still get all their regular podcasts for free, just get access to extras); even for the few podcasts I listen on there, it's worth the price, especially knowing that I won't end up giving 15%-30% of my money to Apple that already has $
Seems unlikely, for much the same reason you could get your music from Amazon or any other store that sells compatible files and load them on your iDevice. I'm not even sure paid podcasts will manage to take off considering they've largely been offered for free. The revenue model for the podcasters has generally be getting a sponsor and reading a promoted message during the podcast.
Apple would need to lock down their devices even more if they wanted to go that route.
No thanks (Score:2)
I'd rather give my money directly to the podcaster(s), knowing they'll earn closer to the full fee than what Apple will give them (since it's always a race-to-the-bottom pricing with Apple).
For example, the TWiT network [twit.tv] recently started a 'club' version of their podcasts (can still get all their regular podcasts for free, just get access to extras); even for the few podcasts I listen on there, it's worth the price, especially knowing that I won't end up giving 15%-30% of my money to Apple that already has $
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Is Apple going to demand that if a podcaster accepts money at all, it has to be through apple? That's what they do for apps..
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Apple would need to lock down their devices even more if they wanted to go that route.
Re:No thanks (Score:1)
> Seems unlikely, for much the same reason you could get your music from Amazon
Because the music industry has the weight of labels behind them which makes it harder to bully the industry as a .... 'hole.