Podnews Weekly Review - In full: Dave Jones from Podcast Index; and Inception Point AI's final controversy
Send James and Sam a message or voicemailSam and James talk about a new podcast interview with Inception Point AI; and Sam discusses with Dave Jones of Podcast Index about the future of podcasting.• Patreon removing per creation memberships and what that breaks for seasonal creators• Reddit RSS shutdown, public API restrictions, and the economics of selling data to AI companies• Real-world costs of AI scrapers, bot traffic, and why caching is essential• How Podping replaces constant polling with near real-time feed update pings• Why the new Podping peer-to-peer gossip mesh reduces single…
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