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HOW APPLE’S USEFUL PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS HELP STRANGLE THE OPEN WEB

lifewire.com4 min read

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Apple is adding automatic searchable transcripts to all podcast episodes, but they’ll only be available to users of Apple's own Podcasts app. It is a massive win for accessibility and knowledge sharing, but Apple's approach is typical of today's platforms, which prefer to lock up user-generated data for competitive advantage.