I’ve always been a fan of Pocket Casts personally.
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dustyData@lemmy.world 11 months ago
For anyone getting this news here. On Android, one of the best replacements is AntennaPod.
ndguardian@lemmy.world 11 months ago
n2burns@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I have a lifetime membership with PocketCasts, but I don’t know if I’d chose it today with the subscription. A few months ago, they shipped a buggy version and I temporarily switched to AntennaPod and was considering staying.
ndguardian@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh yeah, forgot about that. I’m grandfathered into the lifetime too. Good point!
kratoz29@lemm.ee 11 months ago
AntennaPod and was considering staying.
How do you deal with multi OS support?
n2burns@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I don’t use multiple devices anymore, so it’s not an issue for me.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I love Pocket Casts. Sadly I have a hard time recommending it to new people since they switched to subscription model payment. The reason I love it is because of what it was, not what it is. I’m grandfathered into the "pay once, own forever"and if I wasn’t I would probably be using something else these days.
machinin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I use the free tier and it is very good. Does everything I need. I won’t pay for a subscription for a podcast app, so it’s shame I can’t buy it to show my appreciation.
In any case, the free tier is really good.
poppy@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I pay $10/year for my podcast app (Overcast). Considering it does everything I want it to do that a lot of other apps don’t (or didn’t, years ago when I started with Overcast), and I use it 8+ hours a day it seems reasonable.
breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I don’t mind their subscription model. All the subscription features – cloud storage, folders, desktop app, extra themes – really feel like bonus features that aren’t essential.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I guess. I don’t know what I would do without the desktop app and the cloud storage though. I just log in everywhere and everything is synced up and working.
breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
It depends on your usage, for sure. For me, I’m more on the side of not seeing much there that’s valuable enough to subscribe to, though I’d probably pay a few bucks for the app just to support them. I think that if you’re happy with Google Podcasts, though, you’ll be happy with Pocket Casts without a subscription. It’s not like you have to pay for basic functionality, like downloading or queuing episodes, which is the evil version of the subscription model.
lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I really like this app, not so much paying a subscription. But I wanted access on both my phone and my PC and that was the only way to get it.
danielfgom@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I recommend Podcast Republic. Maybe recommend that to people?
akilou@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
To be fair perhaps they want to make it possible to download the podcast unencrypted in MP3
FrederikNJS@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Completely fair, it it however worth mentioning that you can disable this data collection in settings.
atocci@kbin.social 11 months ago
Also a big fan of AntennaPod, I switched to it back when Google first announced they were axing Podcasts and thought I'd have a lot less time to abandon ship than I ended up with.
CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I feel like podcasts and their apps is what TV and movies should be.
Users pick the app they want to use. They optionally pay a fee or not. The app has any and all TV, Movies, music, etc. they want. In the back end, media rights holders have a pre-defined revenue split agreement.
It’s like federated media.
turkalino@lemmy.yachts 11 months ago
For iOS, Overcast is the only correct answer
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Please elaborate.
MxM111@kbin.social 11 months ago
I still use the default app. What can be better there?
poppy@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I like that I can create my own playlists with multiple sort options. It also has more speed options, as well as its own “shorten pauses” thing where it clips down awkward pauses and stuff.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I have come to rather like Downcast on iOS myself. Should check it out if you never have.
IronRain@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’m a big fan of Podcast Republic. Great dev, feature-rich, and a much improved UI from when I first started using it.
xbit00@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
Podcast Republic is my choice as well. It’s the only Podcast app that I could find that let’s you choose your download folder. I like to play my podcasts with the same app I listen to books with, so I need to download the podcasts to a publicly accessible folder.
jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I went to download it, and apparently I already had! Now to start subscribing to everything again…bleh.
n2burns@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
jennwiththesea@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh, sweet! Thank you. I’ll see if I can figure this out this weekend.
geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
PodcastAddict is better in my opinion
Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Yeah podcast addict was the shit
spez_@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Selfhost Audiobookshelf
Argongas@kbin.social 11 months ago
Thanks for the recommendation. I was wondering what else to try as I sure as hell don't want to use YouTube and it doesn't seem like you can have a separate podcast playlist in Spotify.
davidisgreat@lemmy.sedimentarymountains.com 11 months ago
I tried AntennaPod but went back because of Android Auto. I just found this showing how to get AntennaPod on AndroidAuto!
FrederikNJS@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Podcast Addict is not quite as streamlined, but has many more features.
phobiac@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The dev is also very responsive if you reach out with any issues.
Kid_Thunder@kbin.social 11 months ago
I have used this for years now. It's really great. I have it set to skip the first 7 minutes of only certain podcasts because they usually have 7 - 8 minutes of ads. I also have it skip silences, which speeds up listening more than I first thought it would.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Podcast Addict is exactly the kind of app I wish were in vogue again. Rather than dropping features and hiding options in a race to be “streamlined”, it’s a properly designed piece of software in the classic sense: its a tool first and foremost. It prioritizes usability first, aesthetics second, and gives you all the buttons and levers to make it your own.
Like, it’s the kind of app where if you’re using it and think “eh I don’t like this one thing”, if you look in the settings, there’s probably a way to turn it off. God damn what I wouldn’t give for this to be common place design philosophy again.
Dev is really cool and responsive, too.
FrederikNJS@lemm.ee 11 months ago
This is exactly why I run Linux on all my computers, and run as much open-source software as I can, build my own home server, and set up my own home-qutomation. It does have a time cost, over convenience, but being able to tailor everything to my needs and wants is a wonderful feeling.
But yes, it would be wonderful if this was a more common mentality in software in general. Especially on mobile devices.
generic@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 months ago
Another vote for Podcast Addict. It works with Android Auto in my car :-)
Now to listen to all these shows I have downloaded…
sudoreboot@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
What you describe is also a feature of AntennaPod
FrederikNJS@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Awesome! I actually downloaded Antenna Pod to compare, but I can’t seem to find this setting, could you point it out to me?
assa123@lemmy.world 11 months ago
For auto skip, inside the podcast, in Podcast settings (rightmost icon of a gear) it’s called “Auto skip” and skips the first and last n,m seconds. For auto rewinding I’m not sure.
sudoreboot@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
I don’t know if it’s actually a setting, I’ve only noticed the behaviour. Neat little feature!