 I get not wanting Apple to manage payments or data analytics.<p>Wouldn&#x27;t it be possible for podcasters to add some sort of protocol for paid podcasts that could be integrated into apps? Like &quot;purchase URL&quot; (or some sort of stripe-y token or anything).<p>I also don&#x27;t really think that giving podcast producers playback data would be a bad thing. The thing that creeps me out the most about ad cookies on the web is the cross-domain tracking, but if we&#x27;re talking about behavioural data for a podcast just to that producer, sounds like it could be a net benefit.<p>I feel like this post is mixing concepts (making paid content in podcast form more viable) with implementation details (Apple doing it). Though it&#x27;s in response to the NYT article that does the same thing.<p>Feel like there&#x27;s a lack of imagination, and there likely are ways to do things in a decentralised way