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Pocket Casts goes open source

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Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by infamia »

KingJulian wrote: post #22
brnt wrote: post #15

If I use Antennapod, is there any reason to check this out?

PocketCasts has a feature called _Volume Boost_ which boosts the sound level. This is often helpful in some podcasts where the audio level is a bit too low in some sections. To my knowledge, Antennapod does not have this. I've been using it for over a year now.

AntennaPod has a volume reduction setting that is per podcast which solves the same problem, but from the opposite side if the spectrum. All of the podcasts that I subscribe to that have poor volume levels are all too loud. I'm sure there are lots of others that are too low though.

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Post by samatman »

gernb wrote: post #115

I just went to check it on the iPhone App store. I know that ratings might not mean anything? but, I noticed it was rated 3.9 of 5 stars vs several other podcasts with up to 6x to 90x more votes and 4.5 to 5 stars. Is it just a popularity contest or are those other apps better? Podcast App (4.8, 228k votes) Google Podcasts (4.7, 10k votes) Overcast (4.7, 33k votes) Podcast Player - Castbox (4.8, 98k votes) Pocket Cas…

App developers love to pop up a 'nudge' to rate the app, because they know people are nice, and also, they want the fsking popup to go away, so people know that 1-5 stars is the only way to dismiss it and go with 5.

An open-source app will have... passionate users. Great way to shoot ourselves in the foot here.

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Post by Thlom »

myko wrote: post #106
hairofadog wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like Pocket Casts and I’m not knocking the fact that they have them or that other people like them, but stats like these make me feel existential dread.

That's so interesting, I never considered it but think I understand how you feel. I've always wanted more stats like this. I expected/hoped Google Play Music (and now the inferior YouTube Music) would provide amazing overviews of what you listen to. I wish I had stats on the music I listened to in WinAmp in the 90s and a way to see the change in my musical tastes (and the consistent threads through the years). I bet…

I used last.fm back in the early 00’s. I don’t think it logged playlists, but it did log every song you listened to. It kind of faded away when streaming services took over which he no or variable support for last.fm.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by benhurmarcel »

gernb wrote: post #115

I just went to check it on the iPhone App store. I know that ratings might not mean anything? but, I noticed it was rated 3.9 of 5 stars vs several other podcasts with up to 6x to 90x more votes and 4.5 to 5 stars. Is it just a popularity contest or are those other apps better? Podcast App (4.8, 228k votes) Google Podcasts (4.7, 10k votes) Overcast (4.7, 33k votes) Podcast Player - Castbox (4.8, 98k votes) Pocket Cas…

It might have something to do with brigading back when they pissed off existing users by switching to a subscription.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/19/20873611/pocket-casts-plu...

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by fermentation »

Karsteski wrote: post #70
rubslopes wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This must be an error. I bought it years ago and I was grandfathered for life. Get in touch with them; they are great devs, I'm sure they'll solve this.

I actually will try that, thanks

Just FYI I got in touch with them (I had purchased the app in 2014) and they told me to pay up.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by dtrizzle »

iscrewyou wrote: post #8
Karsteski wrote: post #5

I really like Pocket Casts. I have basically used it every day since 2014.i don't really like that I bought it years ago, then they switched to a subscription model and I lost access to the one feature I cared about, which was syncing to their webapp. Always leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and it really made me not want to support any more young companies.

I paid for Pocket Casts back in the day. When they switched to subscriptions, they grandfathered me to the Pocket Casts Plus as a lifetime user. I have access to the web app and it syncs the podcasts as well as the play position. Are you referring to something else?

Looks like the people who are grandfathered in are people who paid for web access. If you purchased the Android or iOS app (like me), you are not grandfathered in and do not get a free plus account.

Source: https://blog.pocketcasts.com/2019/09/18/major-new-update/

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by intuxikated »

remram wrote: post #96
andrepd wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PocketCasts is a superb app but I saw AntennaPod on f-droid, so I thought to give it a go. I was pleasantly surprised, the interface is very nice and syncs with gpodder.net

I think the question is: is AntennaPod better ? Or did you switch because it was open-source and good enough ?

I've been using AntennaPod for years, my question is, is there any reason to switch to Pocket Casts? Aside from the sync-feature which seems nice. Everything else in the feature-list seems available in AntennaPod as well.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by scarface74 »

tomrod wrote: post #110
scarface74 wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And what court is going to force them to run servers forever and keep updating the software?

Federal courts, and probably state courts. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/truth-advertising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_advertising#United_State...

And the federal court is going to force a provider never to shut down a service?

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by dcormier »

intuxikated wrote: post #127
remram wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the question is: is AntennaPod better ? Or did you switch because it was open-source and good enough ?

I've been using AntennaPod for years, my question is, is there any reason to switch to Pocket Casts? Aside from the sync-feature which seems nice. Everything else in the feature-list seems available in AntennaPod as well.

I don’t know if AntennaPod has it, but with syncing you also get a desktop (macOS/Windows/web) app. I use this to I listen while work, and switch to my phone at other times.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by crossroadsguy »

Thlom wrote: post #123
myko wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's so interesting, I never considered it but think I understand how you feel. I've always wanted more stats like this. I expected/hoped Google Play Music (and now the inferior YouTube Music) would provide amazing overviews of what you listen to. I wish I had stats on the music I listened to in WinAmp in the 90s and a way to see the change in my musical tastes (and the consistent threads through the years). I bet…

I used last.fm back in the early 00’s. I don’t think it logged playlists, but it did log every song you listened to. It kind of faded away when streaming services took over which he no or variable support for last.fm.

https://listenbrainz.org/user/ user id>/ is what I have used and it has been pretty good so far.
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