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The system feeding podcasts is basically a text file

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The seemingly advanced system that automatically updates your device with fresh audio episodes is shockingly primitive. An RSS feed is literally just a very long, aggressively formatted text document containing basic links, proving that the foundation of modern digital syndication is basically a glorified digital sticky note.

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