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		DerekL on Sept 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ‘Serial’ case: Adnan Syed released, conviction tos... > It’s a weird thing that the company that made iPods for a few years defined that term and we have gone with it since. Apple didn't coin the term. People started using the word in 2004, but iTunes didn't have podcast support until 2005.

scyzoryk_xyz on Sept 28, 2022 [–]

Oh this I did not know! I guess they absorbed the trend right when everyone was buying an iPod and it all merged for some like me.

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