Subscribe To iTunes Podcasts Without iTunes

Finally I found a way to grab iTunes only podcasts without giving in to using iTunes. Feed Flipper will create a link that works in Google Reader. Don't pick an individual podcast. Copy the links of the main iTunes link and paste it into the flipper.

Step-by-Step Guide to Installing iTunes Without Extra Bloatware - How-To Geek

Step-by-Step Guide to Installing iTunes Without Extra Bloatware - How-To Geek: "Apple released iTunes 10 a couple of weeks ago, and unfortunately it’s not much of an improvement if at all. Last week Ed Bott wrote up The unofficial guide to installing iTunes 10 without bloatware. Today we take a closer look at the process of doing a minimal install of it in Windows 7 to avoid the extra junk.�"

Comments: I hate iTunes but this will help one pet peeve if you just have to use it.

These are the files to install:

I Will Not Use iTunes

So Mr. Podcaster, if you insist on an iTunes only means of accessing your podcasts, I will never hear you. It is your site and if you wish to limit access to the small group of Apple fan boys, knock yourself out. But I will not be able to hear you. I have an iPod and still refuse to use iTunes. Stop kidding yourself. You are foolishly limiting your audience by hooking your wagon to Apple’s ridiculous proprietary policies. It has made them rich but it is not helping you.

Edit: OK I installed iTunes (which I hate with the heat of a thousand suns) to handle the iTunes only podcast. It handled the podcast in typical craptastic fashion. I love constancy. Only the most current podcast will display and archives are not showing. So I say again, limiting your podcast access to iTunes only is self defeating.