The BBC continue to demonstrate that they don’t understand podcasting. Even if they do understand it, they appear to have little respect for the open and free concepts upon which podcasting was founded. They’re now further alienating listeners who use Google and Android services by attempting to deny access to most podcasts.

By ‘podcast’ of course I do really mean podcast. As I wrote, the BBC appear to want to gather as much data as possible so as to serve, via their distributor, more targeted advertising. Data which they can easily collect by forcing users into using their wretched Sounds app. As the subtitle read:

Were it BBC Smells, this would stink

The stench is rising.