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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 doublepg23 »

scarface74 wrote: post #57
rdegges wrote: post #6

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Exactly... I've been using Pocket Casts since forever. I bought the full featured version and was soo happy... Until they killed it off. Now I'm on an iPhone and Apple Watch and it's ridiculous to pay to subscribe just to be able to control it from my watch. Feels ridiculous. If they brought back even an expensive, $80 one-time purchase fee I'd be more than happy to support.

Software development in the age of mobile requires continuous development. Who is going to pay for development of new features?

I think you were absent when this happened years ago.

Part of their marketing was “No subscription fees” and the premium was marketed as “lifetime”.

It was a pretty big bait-and-switch and the r/PocketCasts is a good example of bad customer relations.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by doublepg23 »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #103
nxte wrote: post #83

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Unless Spotify adds support for adding podcasts via RSS Feed URL, I don't think there will be major risk of a large scale move.

I imagine very few people care about that. I can’t remember the last time I had to paste in a podcast url anywhere. I just search for a podcast in-app and click “Subscribe”.

Paid subscription podcasts are very popular nowadays. It’s essential to add your paid RSS feed to an app.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by tomrod »

scarface74 wrote: post #128
tomrod wrote: post #110

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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?

You can't Socrates your way into a philosophical win here, especially by repeating the same tapped vein of questions. A bait-and-switch of lifetime service for a fee to a monthly service for a fee for the same feature set is not some precedent setting benchmark nor a useful time spent arguing on the internet about. Some people are rightfully still upset by the switch. Let me suggest we move on since you've not realized we can agree to disagree yet.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by fomine3 »

hairofadog wrote: post #61
Thlom wrote: post #26

Best part of PocketCast is the stats. It can tell me that since 2016 I've listened to 135 days worth of podcasts and apparently I've "saved" 46 days by increasing the playback speed and 3 days from trimming silence. (I also have 350 hours in my "up next" queue ...)

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.

Steam's play hours is the worst one for me

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by nataz »

dtrizzle wrote: post #126
iscrewyou wrote: post #8

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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/

Huh, first time I ever saw that. Makes sense, I paid for the Android app not the web app. Still, wish I would have known this earlier. I may not like it, but better than being ghosted.

That said, I distributed remember themes and icons being a thing in the paid app which isn't available under the new model unless you subscribe.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by vanous »

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

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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 ?

Open source and without tracking. That is better than good enough.

https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/issues/42...

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by remram »

vanous wrote: post #137
remram wrote: post #96

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

Open source and without tracking. That is better than good enough. https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/issues/42...

With Pocket Casts' release as open-source, this now applies to both, so I am asking whether this was the only deciding factor back then.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by matheusmoreira »

cercatrova wrote: post #117
matheusmoreira wrote: post #108

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Imagine how much time we can save by skipping ads and sponsors.

Maybe someone can make a SponsorBlock fork now that it's open source.

I hope uBlock Origin integrates it. The real feature is the database of time stamps relating to sponsored content, just like ad blocker filter lists.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

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Post by Glant »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #139
cercatrova wrote: post #117

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Maybe someone can make a SponsorBlock fork now that it's open source.

I hope uBlock Origin integrates it. The real feature is the database of time stamps relating to sponsored content, just like ad blocker filter lists.

Is it based off of a database? Even fairly small YouTube channels seem to work with sponsor block as soon as the videos are uploaded. I always assumed YouTube requires creators to mark which sections are sponsored, and sponsor block has some way of looking that up.
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