Ice cream wars

If you're a subscriber to the BBC Radio 4 podcast Fortunately via iTunes, this is what you get instead of episode 76.


This new exclusivity rankles with many.

I adore Fortunately and it hurts my heart to give it up. Even abroad, it’s not difficult to get access to the BBC Sounds app, but I don’t want to be another data point validating the BBC’s move. 😞 What happens if they do it to their other podcasts? 😢

— Ryan Dotson (@nostodnayr) January 12, 2019

@BBCR4Feedback could BBC colleagues stop referring to #Fortunately as a “podcast” - it isn’t one any more. It’s not freely downloadable.

— Stephen North (@StephenNorth3) January 11, 2019

Seriously? What overpaid, talent-free, BBC numpty thought it would be a good idea to make Fortunately exclusive to the crappy BBC Sounds ?

— Andrew Brooks (@taxbod) January 12, 2019

I wonder if the BBC has thoroughly 'gamed' this move. What happens if iTunes respond by dropping all BBC podcasts from their platform ?  I note, en passant, that there are now no BBC offers in the iTunes UK Top Ten 'chart'.