Comment by billfruit

"That changed in 2014, when Apple added a Podcast app to the iPhone, making subscribing almost effortless.".

I do think, it wasn't necessary to plug that in the article, pod casts being popular without Apple having to release an app for it.

And whole article does seem like the old media('Gatekeepers are good' is a common theme at New Yorker) whining against the new.