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• phobiac@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The dev is also very responsive if you reach out with any issues.

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• Kid_Thunder@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • deweydecibel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • FrederikNJS@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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      • aniki@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That time cost is spent optimizing, learning, and growing as an engineer. I wasn’t always a full time, highly paid system engineer. It started at home, and I marketed those skills.

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• generic@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Another vote for Podcast Addict. It works with Android Auto in my car :⁠-⁠)

  Now to listen to all these shows I have downloaded…

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• sudoreboot@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What you describe is also a feature of AntennaPod

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  • FrederikNJS@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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?

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    • assa123@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • sudoreboot@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t know if it’s actually a setting, I’ve only noticed the behaviour. Neat little feature!

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