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Podcast stops downloads, user suspects AI scraping prevention

Software Engineering Radio has stopped providing downloadable media files for its episodes, a change that a user suspects is intended to prevent AI scraping. This decision is problematic for the user, as podcast players offer superior functionality over web browsers for listening, including remembering playback positions and offline access. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster is a single user's opinion about a podcast's decision, with speculation about AI's role, not a direct AI industry event.

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Podcast stops downloads, user suspects AI scraping prevention

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Software Engineering Radio used to be one of my favorite podcasts. I didn't listen to even half the episodes, but kept finding ones I really enjoyed. A while ag

    Software Engineering Radio used to be one of my favorite podcasts. I didn't listen to even half the episodes, but kept finding ones I really enjoyed. A while ago, they stopped providing media files for download. Somehow I suspect they want to limit AI scraping, but I don't actual…