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Re: Show HN: I Made an iOS Podcast Player with Racket

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Post by cheaprentalyeti »

teekert wrote: post #59
astound473 wrote: post #41

Any plans to implement podcast 2.0 features like boosts or sat streaming?

I streams sats to creators but also to the podcast app. I wonder what an app like Castamatic or Podverse or Fountain makes…

Sats?

Re: Show HN: I Made an iOS Podcast Player with Racket

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Post by Graziano_M »

KristijanM13 wrote: post #51

I support a number of podcast creators on Patreon, and apparently they’ll (at some stage) allow creators to have multiple RSS feeds. Until then, I’d love to be able to regex match on titles for download. This one creator I follow has about 6-7 different shows on the same feed, but I only listen to 2 of them. I’ve been a Pocket Casts users since I can remember. I’ll +1 the CarPlay support that you mention was already…

Wow! I have searched for the feature in the settings so many times after losing my spot in a long podcast. Thank you for pointing that out!

Re: Show HN: I Made an iOS Podcast Player with Racket

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Post by astound473 »

cheaprentalyeti wrote: post #61
teekert wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I streams sats to creators but also to the podcast app. I wonder what an app like Castamatic or Podverse or Fountain makes…

Sats?

satoshis, derivative of bitcoin I think? I have a poor understanding of it. Essentially it's a way to pay podcast producers directly. Streaming means it sends whatever you set per minute so you auto-support podcasts. Boosts are short messages with dollar values tied to it. The show has to support this though, not all podcasts do.

Re: Show HN: I Made an iOS Podcast Player with Racket

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Post by Humphrey »

Doesn't work! Clicking discover just shows a messagebox with a stack trace[1] - so I have no way of adding a podcast to try out the app.

[1] Error string::1: bytes->jsexpr: bad input starting #"error code: 502" context..: .../syntax/readerr.rkt:15:2: -raise- read-error ../private/arrow-val-first.rkt:486:18 .../private/backend.rkt:45:9: get-trending-podcasts .../noise-serde-lib/backend.rkt:69:22

Re: Show HN: I Made an iOS Podcast Player with Racket

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Post by mplewis »

petercooper wrote: post #44
freeplay wrote: post #12

I don't know if this is a good place for feature requests, but the only thing keeping me from switching to this at at the moment is download settings per podcast. For example, some podcasts I don't want to miss an episode and I want them all downloaded. Other podcasts I only check in on occasionally and would only want the latest episode to be kept on device. I subscribe to a lot of podcast and downloading and keepin…

I have the same requirements but started to think these use cases might be different enough to warrant different apps. So I’ve gradually shifted to those “don’t miss” ones in a dedicated podcast app and the occasional ones to Spotify. Could probably do with another app for the tiny daily ones too..

You don't need two apps – Overcast does all of this.

Re: Show HN: I Made an iOS Podcast Player with Racket

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Post by scarface_74 »

carlosjobim wrote: post #56
hombre_fatal wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're misidentifying the interaction. Person 1: I have built this thing that I hope you find useful. Person 2: I can't use your thing unless it has this feature that my current thing has. That is a two-way interaction, not a one-way demand. Person 1 is enriched by understanding what features might help them build a product people want.

I interpret the interaction like this: Person 1: I have built this thing, maybe somebody finds it useful. Then you can have it for free. Person 2: I'm not going to use it unless you do as I say with your thing, and I'm not going to offer anything for you. Well okay, then don't use it? Or if you want a feature, offer something in return. Or make the request towards a paid service – their ears are very eager to hear wh…

One of the problems with open source hobby projects as opposed to projects you do for a job is the lack of feedback. If I ever were motivated to do an open source project to scratch an itch, I would want feedback and feature requests to make it better

Re: Show HN: I Made an iOS Podcast Player with Racket

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Post by sneak »

Bogdanp wrote: post #34
sneak wrote: post #31

> It's also free, has no ads or tracking, and it's local-first except for the podcast directory and sync. The app privacy label says it tracks diagnostics.

The app store labels are somewhat broad, but that refers to the error tracking that the app does. When an unhandled exception occurs in the app, that error is sent to Sentry.

Yeah, that is plainly not “no tracking”. Developers are not entitled to the events that occur on devices that belong to me unless they obtain my permission for such surveillance first.

I will never understand why developers believe that they are entitled to information from devices that they do not own.

Re: Show HN: I Made an iOS Podcast Player with Racket

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Post by cheaprentalyeti »

astound473 wrote: post #63
cheaprentalyeti wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sats?

satoshis, derivative of bitcoin I think? I have a poor understanding of it. Essentially it's a way to pay podcast producers directly. Streaming means it sends whatever you set per minute so you auto-support podcasts. Boosts are short messages with dollar values tied to it. The show has to support this though, not all podcasts do.

So it's a podcast client with cryptocurrency wallet functionality?
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