Wow, that sucks. I just checked my podcasts, and around half are over 50 MB. I sync them to my iPod for listening at work, so it's not a huge issue for me, but that's just silly.
It also looks like Apple is trying to monetize podcasts with this app. That makes sense since they don't make money off them. While I'd like to see podcast creators make money, I prefer the current model. I don't find podcast ads annoying (except the stupid Pepsi spot Earwolf is playing) and I listen to enough of them that it could cost me quite a bit. I already pay for Never Not Funny, and if other shows were to have similar pricing I might have to scale down what I listen to.
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