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		vesinisa on April 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Podcast Explores Whether Scorpions Hit 'Wind of Ch... Or - don't call it Podcast if you can listen it on non-Apple device? ;) "Pod" in Podcast in fact originally referred to "iPod", an early 2000s Apple Inc. DRM music player.

rocqua on April 29, 2020 | [–]

I think OP's point is more like calling whatsapp an SMS because the user experience is similar. Because the underlying technology stack is meaningfully different, and that difference matters.

Piskvorrr on April 29, 2020 | [–]

Yeah, yeah, and criminals breaking into computers are crackers, not hackers. Some ships have sailed decades ago.

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