If it works, kill it.
If it works, kill it.
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.
I don't really understand how they consistently manage to screw things up. And they always say that the features are coming, but they never do.
I'm still bitter over Inbox.
I used to be excited about new things from Google. Tried to get into every beta, downloaded the newest released apps etc. But not anymore.
I just read about tasks being removed from Google Keep. Then the feature removal from nest hubs. Do they have a unified strategy at all? Or is it just the whims of a manager's daily musings that drive what development does?
R.I.P.
Tombstone 2018 - 2024 Google Podcasts
Killed 26 days ago, Google Podcasts was a podcast hosting platform and an Android podcast listening app. It was almost 6 years old.
Those features will never be implemented. Just like with Google Music.
My problem is when they kill services that are default installations on Android, then never remove them from the OS image.
I'm looking at you Allo.
I moved to Podcast Republic, and sometimes AntennaPod, on Android, Downcast on iPhone, and just import the OPML from one of those into gpodder to listen on desktop/laptop.
No accounts or other BS to keep up with, just the latest OPML export. Much nicer, and no one can take it away from me or "shut the service down" in the future.
Honestly I already use AntennaPod from F-Droid and with youtube music revanced this might give me some new podcast recommendations.
Podcast Addict is THE feature rich podcast client. A boatload of features and if it doesn't do what you need you request it in the support site.
It has its issues: closed source (if that matters to you), I've read that there are trackers, and ads, but it's still the best podcast app out there, hands down.
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
if you've already harvested the data you set out to harvest, stop spending money on the awesome service used to harvest the data
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.
Oh damn, I left Google Podcast on time!
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.
Im lazy and use spotify for podcasts but i do plan to stop and use RSS at some point in the future
Podcast Republic is my go to.
Trying to find my podcasts in YouTube Music's Android Auto app took around 8 button presses. Google Podcasts took 0.
I switched to Spotify for podcasts and it still takes 3 or so, but good enough for now.