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.

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Sorry - the data we used to spy on you for through this app, is now available to us by spying on other apps and devices. Its therefore too expensive for us to keep running it when it is no longer necessary

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I mean, at some level, how many podcast apps do we need?

      But on the other hand, you’re fucking Google and this is a glorified RSS feed. Why is it so hard for this company to maintain quality apps? The Google graveyard is filled with so many good ideas.

  • A_Porcupine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    This is weird marketing, why not just say “we’re merging Google podcast and YouTube music into one app”?

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Fine. I finally installed f-droid, because while I don’t listen to a lot of podcasts, I am trying to listen to more, and YT Music is ass for finding new podcasts.

      Please give me recommendations for more podcasts that may like based on what I got

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 months ago

        TrashFuture is great if you want to be amused/depressed by tech journalist news.

        Lions Led By Donkeys is a great war history podcast series.

        Neither have ads, which I really value in any podcast. Probably the only reason I don’t subscribe to BtB.