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submitted 3 months ago by zakobjoa@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

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Rule of Google: if it works, kill it.

I know, I know, using Google apps isn't the best, but this was a perfectly good Podcast app with all the features you might want.

Apparently they're moving everything over to YouTube Music, where a lot of the features of Google Podcasts aren't implemented yet.

I've moved over to an app from F-Droid.

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[-] odama626@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Used to use pocket cast instead of this, its great

[-] Frostbeard@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Pocket Cast is still decent. But they increased the sub prices a lot recently. I was still on an old plan, so I don't know what I'll do when it expires. What bugs me more is podcast releasing exclusively on certain platforms. Congratulations, you just reinvented radio

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[-] scumola@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 months ago

I went to podcini on f-droid. No ads. Works just like Google podcasts. Even has the play speed thing which I really like.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

You got me excited at first, but this is NOT "just like" Google podcasts. This looks like a fork of antennapod, which is fine, but not just like Google podcasts.

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

if you've already harvested the data you set out to harvest, stop spending money on the awesome service used to harvest the data

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

i think its a bit more simple than that

If a product is really good experience for you (ie. Not crammed with ads) AND you dont pay anything for it, then it's not profitable.

Google didnt become one of the biggest companies in the world by doing volunteer work for your benefit

They only exist to show ads and/or harvest your data. Once those goals are met, then the user doesnt matter. They NEVER mattered

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[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So I've been using it on YouTube music and now podcasts suck just as much as when it had Google Music merged.

Now when i just want to listen to my single daily morning podcast, I have to remember to turn the damn thing off because it constantly wants to autoplay random podcasts I have no desire to listen to in the first place. Just ends up throwing my mood off for the day sometimes when it plays some crap that annoys me.

[-] dan@upvote.au 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I use Audiobookshelf for audiobooks, but apparently it supports Podcasts too. I haven't tried that feature yet.

It's a self-hosted system that you run on your own server.

[-] MoreSeaweeds@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Oh damn, I left Google Podcast on time!

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