Google doing Google things.
@AntennaPod@fosstodon.org has everything you might need, is open source and is on Fedi at that!
AntennaPod (Easy-to-use, flexible and open-source podcast manager and player) https://f-droid.org/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/
edit: just now trying the app. Really awesome, better than the thing I’m currently using. Thanks for the suggestion!
Does this have advantages over Apple Podcasts?
Open source, lots of features, self hosted sync. If you’re happy in the apple ecosystem its probably not for you, their system works well. But if you aren’t knee deep in apple already or just want complete control of your data its pretty dope.
Most, if not all podcasts are just an rss feed to a url. The application consumes that xml and delivers it to you as icons for you to listen to.
Do you have to download them manually, or is at simple as giving it a link? Audiobookshelf has podcasts but I have to figure out how to manually download and organize them.
You can add podcasts in a lot of ways. Here’s the add podcast menu:
This is like 5x better than google podcasts. Goddamn. It actually works in maps, isnt glitching, and i like the UI more. Awesome.
Oh for fuck sake. Everything I use of Google’s that is half decent always ends up getting the chop.
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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Another one bites the dust!
