Apple Podcasts Connect email misfire may hint at event surprise

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in General Discussion edited September 2022
Apple Podcasts Connect has sent unusual emails out to long-running podcasts, congratulating creators for show additions, and for approval for subscriptions -- despite being live for over a decade.




Emails were dispatched to podcast owners via the Apple Podcasts Connect portal on Tuesday. In every case, they told podcasters of approvals on Apple's side that already occurred.

The editorial team of AppleInsider have received multiple emails from Apple Podcasts Connect about the AppleInsider podcast. This isn't just limited to AppleInsider, as the emails were received concerning personal projects as well.

One email congratulates the reader that their channel is newly available to listen to on Apple Podcasts -- a message typically received when a podcast is submitted for listing. Another states that paid subscriptions for the podcast in question have been approved.




In the cases observed by AppleInsider, the contacted podcasts are long-term projects that have had the relevant features running for quite some time already.

It is unknown how many messages were sent out, or if it was caused by a Apple-side system change or administrative error. There is a chance that, if this is a system issue, it could be caused by maintenance of accounts, or even as an accidental byproduct of implementing or changing unnamed features.

System testing commonly takes place ahead of Apple events, and signs of tests occasionally become visible to the world outside the highly secretive company. Though it could just be a mistake, the timing of such tests can occasionally tip a related change on the horizon.

Apple informs us that podcasts and channels that got the notifications are not impacted by any changes, and are still available.

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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 8
    22july201322july2013 Posts: 3,573member
    AppleInsider's website and podcasts are the websites and podcasts I use most often, and I'd be willing to pay a reasonable fee through Apple to be able to access them without ads, but only if the ads are removed, including the spoken promotional ads in the podcasts and videos.
    tht
  • Reply 2 of 8
    JapheyJaphey Posts: 1,767member
    “Though it could just be a mistake, the timing of such tests can occasionally tip a related change on the horizon.”

    Yes, you alluded to as much in the headline. Are you just going to leave us hanging?
    h4y3s
  • Reply 3 of 8
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    Apple seem to have a pretty poor handle on automated emails. Poor deployment planning.
    ronn
  • Reply 4 of 8
    anoyllaanoylla Posts: 39member
    obviously this photo is edited with photoshop, because my AirPod charger cannot stand open, with its back on a glass surface!
      :) :)
    edited September 2022
  • Reply 5 of 8
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    anoylla said:
    obviously this photo is edited with photoshop, because my AirPod charger cannot stand open, with its back on a glass surface!
      :) :)
    Mine can, try harder.
  • Reply 6 of 8
    anoyllaanoylla Posts: 39member
    crowley said:
    anoylla said:
    obviously this photo is edited with photoshop, because my AirPod charger cannot stand open, with its back on a glass surface!
      :) :)
    Mine can, try harder.
    Must be a pro feature, mine is AirPods 3

    :D :D
  • Reply 7 of 8
    FileMakerFellerFileMakerFeller Posts: 1,546member
    crowley said:
    Apple seem to have a pretty poor handle on automated emails. Poor deployment planning.
    It could be as simple as a migration. If the new setup sees the data as new records it might be putting them through the full suite of automated procedures that apply to a new record event - notification emails, updating other internal systems, etc, etc. It's really easy to miss a setting like that under the pressure of an aggressive change window.
  • Reply 8 of 8
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    FileMakerFeller said:
    crowley said:
    Apple seem to have a pretty poor handle on automated emails. Poor deployment planning.
    It could be as simple as a migration. If the new setup sees the data as new records it might be putting them through the full suite of automated procedures that apply to a new record event - notification emails, updating other internal systems, etc, etc. It's really easy to miss a setting like that under the pressure of an aggressive change window.
    Hence poor deployment planning.
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