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Pocket Casts goes open source

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Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

#31
post #15

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

I moved from Pocket Casts to Antennapod a few years ago, after a major UI update made the features I used the most inaccessible.

I remember the new podcast discovery being better, but otherwise have been very happy with Antennapod since.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

#32
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 ...)

Wow, I've been using PocketCasts for a couple of years and I didn't even notice this feature before. Nice to learn that I've hit the "advance 30 seconds" button enough times to have missed out on over five hours of ads. What a fantastic non-use of time.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

#37
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 ...)

These same stats are also present in Podcast Addict[1]! As an aside: my own listening stats show that since 2017 I've listened to 149 days worth of podcasts.

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[1]: https://www.podcastaddict.com/

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

#38
Pretty off-topic, but:

> I hope that Pocket Casts can do for podcast clients what Firefox in the early days and Chromium now does for browsers — push the state of the art, be manically focused on user control, and grow a more decentralized and open web.

It's pretty funny to see the claim that Chromium is "manically focused on user control" and "is growing a more decentralised and open web" :-)

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

#39
Who is making “Discover Weekly” for podcast episodes?

I want personalized episode recommendations based on past listening behavior; I don't have time to dig through 30 podcast feeds to find an episode that interests me, which is why I usually only listen to specific episodes that friends recommend.

I bet recommendations across all podcasts (not just ones I know of) that match my interests to others with the same listening behavior would massively increase the amount of time I spend listening to podcasts.

Re: Pocket Casts goes open source

#40
A couple of years ago I downloaded every podcast app I could find to try them, and landed on pocket casts, I've found it the best organised for how I want to listen, and this is great news on top of that!

Now I can finally see about making a PR to show buffering status

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