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Any recommendations for a good FOSS podcast app for Android. (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Bumblefumble@lemm.ee to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I have been using PocketCasts for a long time, but it's been enshitifying for a while now. The most annoying part is the huge amount of ads that are inserted in the podcasts, and I can't even tell if that money goes to the creators or to PocketCasts.

So any good recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

What ads? I haven’t noticed any and I use it every day, their faq says

Pocket Casts does not insert ads into episodes.

Pocket Casts is mozilla public license btw

[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Alright, I might be wrong then. The reason I speculated they did that, is that it plays ads at the beginning and end of every episode that are localized to my region and up to date, even though it's an old, foreign podcast I'm listening to. But maybe it's the podcast itself being able to do that dynamically instead? Then I don't mind it as much as I do want to support the creators.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes, podcasts have had dynamic ads since 2013. The provider inserts them when you download

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