Submitted 11 months ago by flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
Time to get out of Google Podcasts for anyone that is still using the service.
There’s a website called “killed by google”
It’s nice to see the giant graveyard of products they hyped up and then killed when a tiny percentage of people stopped using it for an instant.
Another one bites the dust Sing it (another one bites the dust) And another one gone, and another one gone Another one bites the dust Hey, I’m gonna get you too Another one bites the dust
at it to the growing pile i guess…
Another one bites the dust
Ahh, another one for the ol’ Google Graveyard.
lol actually the first time I ever heard of it
I am, what’s a good alternative.
I absolutely love Podcast Addict.
That’s the best one I found because of all the options. Prioritizing podcasts and auto downloading and adding them to the queue is so good. I listen to a news podcast that is like 10 minutes long everyday and I like that I could have it downloaded and play first on my commute then continue where I left off on the other podcasts without having to do it manually like with spotify
I’ll add another vote for Podcast Addict.
I like Podcast Republic because it’s easy to keep it simple for troglodytes like myself who don’t want or need all the bells and whistles.
I’ve been using AntennaPod recently
I love AntennnaPod - except when I’m in the car. It doesn’t have Android Auto support.
To their credit, at least they’re still trying to build stuff. Microsoft avoids this problem by no longer innovating and just buying into whatever is trending. (Not that Google also isn’t doing the same). If you never build anything new, you never risk killing a product that didn’t trend, which happens a lot.
I think if they decide to kill off a product they should be required to open source it.
Required by who? Lemmy posters? How would this possibly be enforced? What constitutes a product vs a feature?
It’s not even like Google podcasts was anything special, there’s tons of better alternatives.
Great. Now use kasts ans Antenna Pod
How does this impact listening to podcasts on Google home devices?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Now, a new support article details Google’s plans to kill the product, with a shutdown coming in April 2024.
I think all the core podcast features exist somewhere, but they are buried in several menus.
There are more podcast-centric features sequestered away in YouTube Music, where a button with the very confusing label “Save to library” will subscribe to a podcast feed.
Music is a different interface, site, and app, so none of these billions of YouTube viewers are seeing these podcast features.
But this is the future of Google’s podcast content, so the company is plowing ahead with it.
If you’re looking to get off Google’s wild ride and want something straightforward that works across platforms, I recommend Pocket Casts.
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I use Spotify for my podcasts, but I will never check out YouTube Music podcasts. Having 2 ads before the start of a podcast as if I’m watching a YouTube video is just unacceptable for me.
Aaaaand this is why I didn’t move my podcasts to Google Podcasts.
Other than being relieved when they removed the podcast from Google play music (after shoehorning it into the GPM app for no good reason), I didn’t really use this much. Pocketcasts has pretty much always done what I needed.
Good. Podcast index 2.0.
Called it!
gunpachi@lemmings.world 11 months ago
Another one bites the dust !