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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.

MoreSeaweeds ,

Oh damn, I left Google Podcast on time!

uhmbah ,

Podcast Republic is my go to.

tooLikeTheNope ,

en.wikipedia.org/…/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis…

pjwestin ,
@pjwestin@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, this was the only Google product that I really liked, and of course they’re killing it just to force people to use YouTube Music. AntennaPod is an open-source alternative that functions very similarly, I’ve been using it for a couple of months now and I’m very happy with it.

zakobjoa OP ,
@zakobjoa@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, that’s where I ended up, too. At least Google had the decency to support OPML export so I didn’t have to redo my subscriptions manually.

pjwestin ,
@pjwestin@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, that was decent of them. I was expecting some sort of dark pattern bullshit to make exporting to a third-party extra hard, but it was actually pretty simple.

MystikIncarnate ,

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.

dan , (edited )
@dan@upvote.au avatar

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.

fuckingkangaroos ,

I just ignore any new Google service these days. Unreliability isn’t even as much of a concern as privacy.

brax ,

Google music, Google+, Google Spaces, they even killed Google Cache recently - which was a fantastic way to get around my work’s brain-dead decision to block the company (including IT) from reaching Reddit.

Cannacheques ,

You would think with the further advancement of humanity, with or without technology we would have more reason to cache and archive things out there whether it’s by the written word of paper, the internet or via our phone cameras.

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Maybe try Redlib for accessing Reddit. You can also use LibRedirect to automatically redirect Reddit links.

Alternatively, use this guide to create a Cloudflare proxy for any website you want to visit that is blocked

Toldry ,
@Toldry@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve been using ‘Pocket Casts’ on Android for years. Highly recommend it.

skuzz ,

I’ve been plugging it too, but apparently new users have to pay monthly fees to use it? Maybe there are now better alternatives.

capital ,

Damn :(

IdleSheep ,
@IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

This is not true. The app is free and has no listening limits.

What you can pay for is a web player (for pc), cross device syncing, cloud storage, extra themes, and some other perks.

Been using pocket casts for like 7 years now with no complaints.

bamboo ,

I’ve been pretty happy with how Automattic has handled PocketCasts and the premium features feel like what you’d expect, while the main product is perfectly usable for 90% of people and use cases. I hope with their acquisition of Beeper, they continue this mindset and add premium features (extra themes, premium stickers, etc) without compromising the main app.

sunbytes ,

Yeah but that price jump is nuts. I’m sure there’s something out there 70% as good for 10% of the price.

RvTV95XBeo ,

That’d be Antenna Pod. It’s (IMO) not as good as Pocket Casts, but FOSS is always good.

The thing that keeps me on Pocket Casts is really just the superior queue management. I’ll keep checking back on Antenna Pod though

sunbytes ,

Amazing thank you. I’ve got the one-year-of-older-price thing for people who were already subscribed.

But seeing as how I don’t use any of the features… when that’s gone I will be unlikely to renew.

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

They finally open sourced the app, but for some reason, they can’t figure out how to submit it to F-Droid. This is so annoying.

github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/…/424

gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/-/issues/2236

Napain ,

wow what a shit show in the comments

Maggoty ,

Those features will never be implemented. Just like with Google Music.

Chainweasel ,

I still miss Google reader

urquell ,

You might enjoy feedly

BenchpressMuyDebil , (edited )

google should launch an euthanasia clinic

Toldry ,
@Toldry@lemmy.world avatar

Tombstone 2025-2027 Google Euthanasia

Will be killed 3 years from now, Google Euthanasia will have been a service to order remote drone assassins for instant palliative relief. Closed due to privacy laws in the EU.

rickyrigatoni ,

letmegooglethat.com/?q=youth+in+asia

jacktherippah ,

You should switch to AntennaPod.

TWeaK ,

That’s my go to, FOSS app that rivals the major apps.

There are other podcast apps on F-Droid also.

WamGams ,

Antennapod is fine, although it is annoying that there appears to be no way to make it so that it automatically plays the next episode of the podcast you are listening to rather than what you purposefully place into the que.

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works avatar

Googles antics with its service killing is what lead me to trying out the Apple walled garden.

Now I just need to quit Gmail somehow, sometime.

BearOfaTime ,

Mailbox.org

Worth the $30/year (they have a free tier too)

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

For email, FastMail and MXRoute are good.

MXRoute needs you to have your own domain, but they let you create unlimited accounts at that domain. You’re just limited by total disk space. Sometimes they have good Black Friday deals.

I’d strongly suggest you use your own domain. It means you can easily change provider again in the future while still using the same email address. Get a domain for your surname and give accounts to your family :)

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Proton Mail is great, it’s privacy-focused and stores all your emails in an end-to-end encrypted format. It even has a feature that let’s you easily transfer all your stuff from Gmail or other email providers: proton.me/support/easy-switch

Anticorp ,

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 ,

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

Serinus ,

I don’t think Google Podcasts required that much maintenance. However it didn’t have the ads that YouTube Music does.

AntennaPod has been a perfect, free replacement.

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