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Re: Google podcasts is shutting down

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Post by notRobot » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 4:14 PM UTC

Open source alternative on Android:

Antennapod:

Available on Google Play and F-Droid. I switched to it many years ago anticipating this exact Google product shutdown, and I've been very happy with it :)

Re: Google podcasts is shutting down

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Post by pvg » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 4:14 PM UTC

Discussed at length a week or so ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38573378

and a couple of months ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37659482

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37664710

Re: Google podcasts is shutting down

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Post by ethbr1 » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

forshow wrote: post #2

And the joke keeps on running

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Re: Google podcasts is shutting down

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Post by dopeboy » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

Damn, I just discovered it 4 days ago. It is excellent, with zero cruft. Looks like I'll need to use Apple Podcasts.

Re: Google podcasts is shutting down

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Post by verdverm » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

vecplane wrote: post #6

YouTube is effectively a Google Podcasts platform already. Paying for YouTube Premium to avoid ads is some of the best money I spend each month. I wish I could do the same for Spotify podcast ads. I do pay for Spotify already to avoid ads in music, but I can't seem to avoid them for the Joe Rogan Experience.

The ads in podcasts is why I left Spotify. Doesn't really seem like premium when the main content I want from them still has ads

Re: Google podcasts is shutting down

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Post by Cwizard » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 4:15 PM UTC

Can anyone explain why? I see almost no downside in keeping it running? Infra costs must be minor, there is no licensing costs, it’s a simple app so I would assume very little developer cost.

The upside is that Android can come with a ‘native’ podcast player. Just like iOS comes with a native player.

A big downside with shutting it down is that it reinforces the idea that Google products are eventually killed so don’t rely on them.

Re: Google podcasts is shutting down

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Post by CamelCaseName » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 4:16 PM UTC

Broken link?

Re: Google podcasts is shutting down

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Post by cptcobalt » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 4:16 PM UTC

forshow wrote: post #2

And the joke keeps on running

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Re: Google podcasts is shutting down

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Post by notRobot » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 4:16 PM UTC

vecplane wrote: post #6

YouTube is effectively a Google Podcasts platform already. Paying for YouTube Premium to avoid ads is some of the best money I spend each month. I wish I could do the same for Spotify podcast ads. I do pay for Spotify already to avoid ads in music, but I can't seem to avoid them for the Joe Rogan Experience.

Lots of podcasts do not exist on YouTube. There is no way to subscribe to feeds or auto-download episodes or any of the dozens of quality of life features that podcast users have been enjoying for over a decade.

I subscribe to YouTube Premium but to consider it a replacement to a proper podcasting app seems naive to me.

Re: Google podcasts is shutting down

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Post by argiopetech » Tue, Dec 19, 2023, 4:16 PM UTC

forshow wrote: post #2

And the joke keeps on running

Yep, my first thought was, "Here we go again".

Pity. I liked Podcasts.