Ask HN: Why have podcast and audio book apps not improved much?
I was listening to a podcast today, and as usual, the first few minutes contained blather that I wanted to skip through.
Why have podcast apps or podcast audio files not evolved to contain metadata allowing the user to skip around yet (eg. bookmarks)?
Why do e-books from audible.com still use obviously old tech, as evidenced by poor sound quality, chapters with arbitrary numbering only, no metadata, and bookended by the same ancient clip saying "This!... is Audible."
Why have podcast apps or podcast audio files not evolved to contain metadata allowing the user to skip around yet (eg. bookmarks)?
Why do e-books from audible.com still use obviously old tech, as evidenced by poor sound quality, chapters with arbitrary numbering only, no metadata, and bookended by the same ancient clip saying "This!... is Audible."