Google Podcasts is gone — and so is my faith in Google (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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The Podcasts app is just the latest product to go through a process I’ve come to call The Google Cycle. It always goes the same way: the company launches a new service with grandiose language about how this fits its mission of organizing and making accessible the world’s information, quickly updates it with a couple of neat features, immediately seems to forget it exists, eventually launches a competitor out of some other part of the company, obviously begins to deprecate it and shift focus to the new competitor, and then, years later, finally shuts it down for real. The Google Graveyard is full of apps like Reader, Duo, Inbox, Allo, Wallet, and countless others that have been through The Google Cycle, and it feels just as bad every time.

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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 24 points 8 months ago

I've been using this app and have really liked it. Please tell me that I chose well and it doesn't have hidden problems: https://antennapod.org/

[-] einkorn@feddit.de 19 points 8 months ago

Been using AntennaPod for years now. No complaints from my end.

[-] somenonewho@feddit.de 10 points 8 months ago

Antennapod definitely is the GOAT. Been using it for years, it only got better. I hate the whole "podcast app" thing and like to just simply subscribe to RSS feeds and automatically download my podcasts and Antennapod does that for me. It's so out of the way.

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Cant search for individual podcast episodes, otherwise pretty good and my podcast app of choice.

Pocket casts is the other one i'd suggest.

Podverse a DISTANT third. But it has one feature I like and thats sorting episodes by listens.

Edit: my other issue with antennapod is being unable to listen to an episode of a podcast without subscribing. You have to subscribe. Even to open the podcast page you have to subscribe.

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 2 points 8 months ago

Edit: my other issue with antennapod is being unable to listen to an episode of a podcast without subscribing. You have to subscribe. Even to open the podcast page you have to subscribe.

You can and it's called Previewing, just under the episode info when looking through the podcast catalogue or search results

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah its pretty terrible tho. I'd rather just open the podcast page normally like every other app

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 8 months ago

That I agree with

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 5 points 8 months ago

It is the best one available, but unfortunately lacks some basic features like autodownloading enqueued episode (you can either auto download everything or nothing at all)

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