[lukasschwab]

I don't understand how this pertains to my comment. Nobody's arguing whether listeners will, as a matter of preference, avoid Google/Apple/Spotify podcast clients. Nobody makes a claim about how many people know of RSS.

It's up to the podcast producers to decide for/against distributor-exclusivity, determining whether OC has to use YouTube Music.

> The vast majority of folks don't know that they have a choice, let alone that they should find/choose an app.

That's... fine. What matters is whether they do have a choice if they go looking for one — again, that's up to podcasters, not up to Google.