Podcasting 2.0 - Episode 274: "Vibe Cloning"

<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Podcasting 2.0 October 9th 2026 Episode 274 - "Vibe Cloning"</strong></span></p>

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<p>The Future is here! And so is the risk of spinning out. Adam & Dave go deep</p>

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<p><b>ShowNotes</b></p>

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<p>00 - 1,088 LINES DOWN TO 168 — THE INDEX GETS NEW TERMS OF SERVICE</p>

<p><a href="https://podcastindex.social/@dave/117389162908071298" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Dave, 5 Oct:</b> "Podcast Index terms of service updated (finally)… The old v1.x terms were <b>90% boilerplate legalese that never accurately reflected what we wanted. I get emails weekly asking for clarification.</b>" · "The old terms of service were <b>1088 lines. The new ones are 168 lines. It's a 2-3 minute read.</b>"</a></p>

<p><a href="https://api.podcastindex.org/tos_v2.0.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terms of Service v2.0</a></p>

<p><a href="https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/terms-of-service" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>And it is an open project:</b> "The PI terms of service are an open project just like everything else. If you think something can be worded better… just open a PR."</a></p>

<p><a href="https://podcastindex.social/@js/117396165431213710" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>JS found the best line:</b> "<b>Since the Service is free, our total liability to you is zero dollars.</b>" : )))))))</a></p>

<p><a href="https://podcastindex.social/@dave/117378593908636237" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b>Last week's bandwidth leak, follow-up.</b> Dave to James, 3 Oct: "rotating URLs is a good solution… Part of the issue here is <b>linode not giving any visibility into per bucket/key stats</b>. That alone probably means I need to change to a different solution." And on 6 Oct, Linode rebooted the utility server <b>in the middle of the weekly full database dump</b> — it had uploaded; "Stand down."</a></p>