@talios @jamescridland @jaredwhite
I still only use RSS to download my podcasts (on PC, which I then copy to phone and play using its media player). I refuse to install yet another app with all inherent ads, security implications and potential walled-gardening precisely because I've been fetching and listening to podcasts in the originally-intended way since the mid-2000s. Concerning "exclusiveness", I've managed to find (legit) 3rd-party RSS sources for the rare cases there's no RSS provided.