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[–] [email protected] 134 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Oh boy, can't wait for Youtube Mail and Youtube Maps next

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago

it'll all end with YouTube Search

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish this were more implausible, but at this point I'm getting worried.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Classic google. Add this to the Google app graveyard.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago

Never surprising to hear of yet another Google service shutting down.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (7 children)

google

one app

does one thing

google

why is this so hard to understand

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Man, I really did like Google Podcasts.

It was way better than the other podcast apps. And coming from iTunes, it was a smooth transition.

This sucks. Open source your shit, Google, and I promise we'll keep it going.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google's graveyard is quite big. At this point am reluctant to use any of their services in fear of it disappearing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

RIP Play Music, YT music is ass.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

When I switched to android I was looking for Play Music to buy some new songs and it had shut down shortly after I purchased my pixel. Real disappointing since I prefer to just buy a song here and there instead of subscribing to a streaming platform.

Some artists provide a digital download on their websites but it's uncommon. If there's a viable alternative to Play Music I'd love to hear about it!

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

AntennaPod is your FOSS podcast friend

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is both funny and sad that Google has more or less trained me to never use their apps.

At this point, I purposefully don't use them because I assume they'll soon be cancelled.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

About two weeks ago I thought about this in regards to google podcasts.

"Well this one will probably stick around long enough that I'll have moved on by the time google shuts it down. They don't even host the episodes anyway. They source the metadata and audio files from elsewhere. All they really host is my listening history, queue, and subscriptions. Certainly this is less likely to get the axe anytime soon."

*two weeks later*

It really does suck though. I genuinely like the google podcasts app/website. Best one I've found so far that works how I like my apps/services to work.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's so wild that Google would rather weaken their own brand than just keep a secondary frontend around. It would require minimal maintenance cost (given the size of their company, just have 1-2 fulltime devs working on keeping it in shape and updated), and it could access the exact same backend as the Youtube Music app.

Weird.

And don't misunderstand me, I really don't like Google Podcasts for podcasts, but I also admit that having a separate app for podcasts is superior, as you listen to them very differently than you listen to music. Spotify amiably shows how their recommendation algorithms absolutely cannot handle someone listening to both, anyways.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

They probably want to monetize on podcasts too, in the same way they do on videos and music. At the moment, Google Podcast is completely free and ad-free.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

I only found and started using this app a couple of months ago wouldn't have imagined it was on its way out

Typical Google

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I miss google play music. Never really liked youtube music

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

GPM was dope, no two ways about it. I was sad when it closed.

But after moving over to YTM and using it for years, I like the change. It lets me stream music, just like GPM. It lets me play local files and put them in playlists just like GPM. And it lets me put more underground music on my playlists that are uploaded to YouTube, unlike GPM.

The UI and everything you interact with is way better than GPM too.

Not trying to be a Google shill, but I actually love YTM. Podcasts coming just combines two apps I used into one.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

google discontinued something? shocking

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (13 children)

That's just the Google way... still didn't get over the RSS reader disaster... Anyways, I tried the app a couple of times: it's not a great app for listening to podcasts. If you like podcasts, try Antennapod, Pocket Casts or Podcast Addict (and please stay away from Spotify).

In the end: good riddance.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Such a bad idea. Podcasts seek forward and interface actually worked. Zero chance the migration to YouTube is smooth.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Before you get used to YTM and they drop that too, just use AntennaPod

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Sure, a video app makes much more sense for podcast delivery!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Spent a solid hour trying apps to switch to. Found podcast republic which does everything I want with tons of customisation and a one time payment to ditch the ads. Love it.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Alternative recommendations?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I've been quite happy with antennapod. Discovery is kind of a pain in the ass, but it's open source, and management and playback have been solid.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I second all of this. I started using AntennaPod a couple months ago and like it. It handles "chapters" in podcasts better, too. Searching is fiddly though.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Pocket Casts

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

AntennaPod on Android and Overcast on iOS have been my go-to options.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For Android: It depends on your needs. For better user experience I'd say PocketCasts. For best customization Podcast Republic, Podcast Addict. AntennaPod was for a while the only open source project, PocketCasts is now open source too. If that matters to you, go with those. I like AntennaPod, specifically the sleep timer. However it has some downsides: discovery / search sucks and it's hard to access the queue quickly if your phone uses gesture navigation.

For iOS: pocket casts, overcast

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Antenna pod.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Goad I never jumped onboard.

Podcast Addict for the win

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

In my case Pocket Casts, but yes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Another killedbygoogle

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Man they really want me to switch to Spotify

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Use Antennapod instead

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I been using itfor for years realy loved the layout.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This sucks. I use it a lot. I picked it over other apps for a reason. Don't make me change my habits!

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaame.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Awww for fuck's sake. Why do they always cancel the good apps???

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