Have always been curious about AntennaPod. Was about to switch from PocketCasts earlier this year but turns out PocketCasts became open source a little over a year ago, October 2022.
https://blog.pocketcasts.com/2022/10/19/pocket-casts-mobile-apps-are-now-open-source/
Still curious about AntennaPod but PocketCasts has been and continues to work super well and has a web/desktop (PWA) client so may just stick with it. Mobile app repos below btw.
https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-ios
PocketCasts seems a bit more expensive than I’d like.
I think it’s usable for free though I’m not sure to what degree since I picked up a one time payment lifetime plus subscription some years ago. I see it’s sadly now only free or monthly subscription. 😔
guess I missed the boat on that one.
So people are actually using Google Podcasts? It’s a pretty shit app for the use case.
How so? It has fit my use case better than any other podcast app in the last 15 years.
It’s so basic, which is precisely why I like it.
Ok, I just revisited it after a few years, and it seems kinda decent now, altho it’s still pretty ugly. Back when I first tried it when it launched, it was as barebones as it could be. Adding new podcasts sucked, it had no trim silence option, no web app etc. Still tho, Pocket Casts is ahead of it even today.
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not for long since it’s being shut down in 2024 :P
I never understand why people choose formats meant for local consumption and then use centralized cloud services to consume it. Podcasts aren’t the only example. RSS feed readers and git are others. If you want synchronization across devices, then use either a plain cloud storage or something even better - like syncthing.
Syncthing? How can I use syncthing to mimic the behavior of google podcasts?
This has been a great alternative for me so far. Very straightforward and functional.
I’m also looking into podverse
Visit takeout.google.com and select Google Podcasts to export your Google Podcasts data in OPML format.
I wonder when that became a thing. I migrated at the beginning of the year and had to manually add all subscriptions because Google Podcasts had no way of exporting anything.
I guess someone made a GDPR complaint.
