Many people also bring up the editing tools on Anchor are somewhat cumbersome in terms of recording directly on and editing on Anchor itself. Or if you can't to begin with, go back and claim your podcast or take ownership of it on all relevant podcast platforms. The best way to do it, is handle your own initial set up and submissions.

Which is where the argument comes in that Anchor owns your feed. But be aware for platforms like Apple Podcasts they'll submit your podcast under their group account. You can have Anchor distribute your podcast on your behalf. Anchor Owns Your FeedĪnother concern people bring up is Anchor owns your feed. Anchor DOES NOT own your content you can leave at any time just simply create a 301 redirect to your new host and they do not retain ownership of anything. Paid podcast hosts have potential revenue taken away when a new podcaster elects to host on Anchor or any other free podcast hosting platform.Īnother major concern or talking point in the podcast space has been that Anchor owns your content and has a repressive user agreement. So why do people and organizations seem to put down Anchor at every chance that they get? One reason is money. Especially when the room was filled with may new podcasters and those looking to start podcasting. Which in my opinion isn't professional and is biased based on him representing a direct paid competitor of Anchor. He had an overall condescending tone to elude that if you host on Anchor you're not a serious podcaster. Most podcast don't make it out of single digits when it comes to pod fade regardless of the platform that you host on. Do podcasts that are 'rip offs' on platforms like Blubrry and Libsyn mentioned as such being a rip off on that platform? In sessions at Podcast Movement 2021 in Nashville Rob Walsh VP of Podcaster relations at Libsyn himself had several digs about Anchor when he spoke, like Anchor is the graveyard of podcasts. Headlines on platforms like Pod News read 'Anchor podcast is a 'shameless rip-off''. The Podcast Industry's Long Time Disdain For Spotify's Anchor.fmĮver since I began podcasting, I've heard from either podcaster or representatives of paid podcast hosting platforms always dogging Anchor with things like Anchor owns your content, anything free comes with a price, and so on and so forth.

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