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[-] RxBrad@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

Well, crap. This feels like the first sign that the app is going to die when it doesn't get enough money out of this price hike.

What's a good open alternative?

[-] hotwarioinyourarea@slrpnk.net 28 points 1 year ago

AntennaPod is open source and pretty good if you're on Android. Podcast Addict isn't open source (I don't think) and it's not as pretty but it'll be the most powerful podcast app you ever use.

[-] RxBrad@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks... giving AntennaPod a try...

[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Interestingly, it turns out Pocket Casts is also open source (thanks cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone). I'm not sure the added features from Plus are available from other apps at the moment?

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Giving this a go now. Thanks.

[-] donio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

AntennaPod is the best. I have 1432 hours on it since 2018.

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Pocketcasts is definitely a better overall app experience, however, that still didn't stop me from switching to AntennaPod well over a year ago. It's a solid app and one of the best FOSS app projects around.

No regrets. I just wish I could manually sort podcasts on the subscription page.

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago

I mean Pocket Casts is already open source. If they end support for it, you can just fork it.

https://blog.pocketcasts.com/2022/10/19/pocket-casts-mobile-apps-are-now-open-source/

[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 8 points 1 year ago

You know, I hadn't even realized this. That's great. Here's their GitHub!

[-] hotwarioinyourarea@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Man, I wonder why nobody has forked this already? It seems like a really easy way to get a new podcast app up and running. PocketCasts is widely loved, it's just the business practices and lack of features that have put people off.

[-] Midnitte@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

A shame it's no longer owned by NPR

[-] Javi_in_4k@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

NPR actually lost a lot of money on that deal

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

One of the reasons I switched podcast apps, it was switching hands so much didn't know where it was going to end up.

[-] ijeff@lemdro.id 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this seems like a steep increase. I can't imagine they're expecting many folks to actually pay this amount.

[-] shitescalates@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

I like podcast republic. Lots of control.

[-] forthewin@exploding-heads.com 1 points 1 year ago

yea, seems like it's all downhill from here

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