Comment on ABC radio kills third party internet radio streams and embedded links.

zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Well that’s shit. Anyone running a campaign against this?

ABC listen is the easiest way to continue enjoying all the ABC’s audio content in one place, on a wide range of devices. When you use ABC listen, you can discover more shows and podcasts you might enjoy, and we’re able to offer helpful features like personalisation and recommendations.

Translation: We prefer to force you into our walled garden where we can track your behaviour and market to you. Driven by corporate-world execs, I would guess?

ABC makes radio stations available via third party radio partners as follows:

  • RadioApp - all ABC stations are available.
  • TuneIn - you can find the ABC national stations, apart from ABC Sport. All local ABC stations have been removed.
  • iHeartRadio - All ABC Radio stations have been removed from iHeartRadio.

The uneven application described here makes it even more confusing. Maybe they’re trying to extract licensing fees from these platforms?

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