You fundamentally misunderstand the technology. For push notifications and amber alerts and such to work, you need a personal 1:1 digital connection to a nearby cell tower. The range on that connection is not very far, and every alert needs to be sent individually.

An FM tower could broad-beam disaster information for tens of miles around with much simpler technology, out of one location on generator power. It is a far more reliable way to get information about a major disaster out to everybody simultaneously with far fewer infrastructure layers involved. No need to spool literally millions of alert pings out.

Also a continuous voice stream carries a lot more info than a damn push notification - obviously.

I’m amazed that took off but I guess that’s 2023 me talking

Weird! How were they consumed before they were added to iTunes or the iPod? I should know this but I don’t recall.

Am I totally crazy or did the word “podcast” come directly from the Apple proprietary product name “iPod?” You know, their old music players?

If so it’s weird to see an Apple-specific term spread so far and wide. They usually stay within the walled garden.

I find it interesting that you perceive this as venom.

User configured. Not company configured. If you want to die on a really, really stupid hill, then yes they are both algorithms.

I like that idea.

I’d also like to be able to set the balance of new/top/hot

Thanks that’s helpful to know. I’ll keep tinkering…

The guy had no furniture in his house because he couldn’t find any that met his expectations.

I think there’s an occasional lesson to draw from his uncompromising nature, focus on customer experience, and marketing talent. But he was clearly a pile of shit as a human being.