Of course itunes is free....Every podcast I have ever wanted to listen to can be downloaded without itunes. For a few I had to go through itunes so I didn’t do it. Every MP3 file is called a podcast these days
Of course itunes is free....
Ummm... since you were commenting on this thread about iTunes, saying that you're not going to pay Apple... I wasn't sure you knew it was free.... :-)
At least everyone else is quite aware that it's free and available at Apple's website...
Every podcast I have ever wanted to listen to can be downloaded without itunes. For a few I had to go through itunes so I didn’t do it. Every MP3 file is called a podcast these days
The nice thing about the free Podcasts at the Apple iTunes Store, accessed through your free iTunes program -- is that you can do comprehensive searches on names or topics or companies or products -- and come up with Podcasts that you didn't even know about. It's all in "one place" right there for you on iTunes.
The other nice thing about iTunes is that it "keeps you up to date" on these podcasts, in that you don't have to keep it in mind yourself, to go back to some website somewhere and actively seek it out to download it. The iTunes free program does that for you and keeps you up-to-date on the continuing free Podcasts that you've chosen, and so whenever you want to listen to them, they are already there for you in the iTunes programs -- just waiting for you to listen to them.
You don't have to have it downloaded for you and you can choose just certain ones yourself, or you can have it continuously download the current ones for you, as time goes on and when you get around to it, you can listen to the free Podcast, whenever.
If you're like many people (and me included) many times I will forget about a certain podcast and/or not "actively" go back to search out and download the podcasts that I was interested in -- and later I find out that I've missed it and it's "rolled off" and it's gone now [some keep long-term archives and others may only keep a few days rolling back at a time].
So, that's a convenience for me to come back and find them all waiting for me on iTunes, even though I haven't been paying attention to it for a while... :-)
The iTunes program is a very feature-packed and organized program.
AND ALSO..., you may not be aware of it, but they also give away for free, some movies, some TV shows, and some songs. If you keep paying attention, you'll find quite a few free TV shows, free movies and free songs. They come and go and sometimes they're a limited-time free give-away -- so you just have to pay attention. But..., it's all in "one place" -- right there on the iTunes Store, right there in the iTunes program.
Another thing, too ... is that they have a whole bunch of free educational videos from some pretty good and prestigious universities, on iTunes. They can be complete university courses, right there on iTunes (of course, you're not going to get credit or a degree, but they can be interesting).
In addition, you can get a few free books there. I haven't checked lately, so I don't know how that is right now, but I've done that in the past. It may have recently changed because of the book situation with iPad, so someone would have to check on that one, now...
ANYWAY, there's quite a benefit to have the free iTunes program ...