11.3 iTunes Podcast mess-up - will Apple ever do something about it?

Question

This is the second major Podcast mess-up within 10 months!!!!!!!
Today is Monday July 21 - I downloaded the fatal for podcasts List View and very confusing and annoying for podcasts MyPodcasts View on Friday July 11 (morning) -
on Sunday July 13 Apple had an update to correct mistakes concerning iBooks i.e. they notice when they have erred ;-(
But podcasts?
who cares about them, they aren't buyers, their plight isn't even acknowledged (should I dare to ask for a "sorry" or would that be presumptuous?) ...
Since they fixed iBooks so speedily I assume that there are buyers for their meagre offering.
i.e. today is the 11th day after they caused the wreckage to ListView - the revelation that MyPodcastView remains still limpingly operable was found via the community. They don't allow feedback for 11.3, at least they have it not on their list just like 11.2.2 isn't there. That makes me guess that by their reckoning podcasts is in top shape and all those grievances which you'll find in other threads searching for 11.3 are all due to ignorance and/or un-geek-worthy equipment.
Are they preparing Podcasts for the trash bin? What are the experiences of the community? Is this a one-off or has this happened with other free offerings?
How are Microsoft users of iTunes podcasts faring? Better or worse?
https://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

Answer 1

yes fox27 that new not synching feature between list view and play lists must have been generated via the wet dream of a super-genius
all in all I have by now resigned myself to the realisation that the golden age of podcast listening is over
I am cutting down on my list of subscriptions on a daily basis because otherwise I'd spend all time managing them and no time listening to any of them.
One of the many mysteries that remain for me though is if Apple wants to get rid of the podcast listeners (terrible freebie aficionados that they are) what do the major book publishers say about it? Though the number of presentations by authors on book-tour has dwindled notably since the beginning of the financial crisis there are still some plus lots of interesting long interviews which will be a lot more trouble to find.
i.e. Apple's neglect aka mistreatment of "us" hurts lots of companies whose products Apple wants to sell - I don't get the logic of it all - it is confusing.
Why haven't the book tour authors anything to say about it? Maybe alerting the stars amongst them like Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Lewis, Max Hastings etc. etc. to what is going on might be a way to get Apple to pay attention.