2 chapters across the catalog
The conversation revisits an old proposal called "Podcast Events" and debates the merits of a centralized clearinghouse for data. While Dave Jones is generally "allergic" to centralization, the group discusses whether a "Giga AMP" collective is necessary to compete with established industry powers.
Dave Jones argues that hosting companies have a contractual obligation to creators, not to abusive bots that rack up terabytes of bandwidth costs. He cites the scale of HLS abuse as a significant threat to independent hosts like Pinecast who may not be able to afford the resulting bills.
