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Pocket Casts Mobile Apps Are Now Open Source

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Re: Pocket Casts Mobile Apps Are Now Open Source

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Post by johntrain »

teekert wrote: post #50
solarkraft wrote: post #35

That's insane. I've been holding back from using Pocket Casts precisely because there FOSS alternatives like Antennapod and Podverse - but I wasn't that happy with them. Props to Automattic for being an incredible force for good! Edit: Wow 12$/year is a nice price for the Plus plan (vs. Podverse's 3/month, though that's not terrible either). They just got themselves a new subscriber. I'd skip the trial if I could. Ta…

I’ve switched to Podverse recently, how’s Pocketcasts wrt podcasting 2.0 features? Life streaming badges, chapters, sats streaming, boosting etc? I have to say, Podverse was rough some months ago but it’s improving very fast. I have the feeling they are more friendly towards the decentralized nature of podcasting whereas NPR may have mixed motivation. It’s important to choose wisely imho, the once quite open podcast…

I emailed the Pocketcasts dev team 2 years ago, and they said then that they had no plans to implement any podcasting 2.0 features.

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Post by Aissen »

vxNsr wrote: post #22
downwithdisease wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I was a bit disappointed recently to discover that it doesn't offer a way to export data from it, which is pretty bad (i.e. your listening history and starred episodes, not your list of subscribed podcasts). Maybe overlooked? Settings -> Import & Export OPML. Can't recall if it includes listening history and starred episodes but subscriptions for sure. This is the case for Android -- can't speak for iOS.

OPML usually is just your list of subscriptions, OP specifically wanted everything else, I don’t know of any app that shares that unfortunately.

Podcast Addict does that, you can backup the full app settings, and more than just the subscriptions/listened episodes. I'm guessing the format is specific to the app's export/import feature, but could be worked with.

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Post by gotorazor »

aussiesnack wrote: post #17
no-dr-onboard wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good to know I’m not alone. I’ve used it since (according to the app) 1/14/17 and have amassed 51d 7h of listening time. I feel like I’ve used it since around 2014 or so, but I could be wrong. I know somewhere around that time there was a platform switch and stats got lost. In any event I was overjoyed when they grandfathered me to a lifetime subscription after switching to a paid model. I truly, deeply appreciate th…

June 2015 in my case, and a slightly terrifying 263d 21h

249 days 20 hours since March 29, 2016

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Post by boomboomsubban »

pcorsaro wrote: post #41
boomboomsubban wrote: post #40

Is Pocket Cast the player that had a rather impressive silence removing feature, and is that part also now free software? I can't remember which app I used before moving to the free software antennapod, though I remember that being the one feature I missed. Various free software apps now have a version of the feature, but they seem to remove all silence killing any kind of comedic timing.

You’re probably thinking of Overcast. Marco, the developer, calls the feature smart speed. It’s great.

Damn. Not sure why it's so tough to copy, the key aspect seemed to be choosing how long a gap is skipped that none of the free software versions have. That doesn't seem like a difficult feature to add nor one likely patentable but I'm hardly an expert.

Thanks.

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Post by aesh2Xa1 »

dolmen wrote: post #54

I am a fan of AntennaPod on Android which is already free under GPLv3. What features more features Pocket Casts has?

- Pocket Casts is crossplatform, including a web player.

- I’ve had slow sync issues with AntennaPod that I think are related to gpodder.

It’s been awhile since I’ve used both. I’d bet that AntennaPod has features that Pocket Casts don’t. A huge reason I started to use AntennaPod in the first place was the license and source availability.

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Post by jeremy0x4a »

krsilas wrote: post #48
chickenimprint wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least we got grandfathered into the premium plan. 5€ for something that is usually 10€/year.

How did you get this? I paid for it years ago but I have never heard of a discount?

If you had purchased Pocket Casts ($2.99USD?) and Pocket Casts Plus ($9.00USD) before the freemium model was introduced, you were eventually given "Lifetime Member" status and are not required to pay a recurring fee to use Pocket Casts Plus.

History of the kerfuffle here:

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

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Post by jeremy0x4a »

jer0me wrote: post #11

At risk of this becoming a support thread, has anyone else had issues with Pocket Casts for iOS not auto-downloading podcasts in the background?

The Pihole comment is on point, I've had to whitelist certain podcast providers as well. Additionally, enabling notifications seems to help keep Pocket Casts "awake" and reliably downloading on a schedule, as noted in the app settings.

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Post by RainaRelanah »

solarkraft wrote: post #35

That's insane. I've been holding back from using Pocket Casts precisely because there FOSS alternatives like Antennapod and Podverse - but I wasn't that happy with them. Props to Automattic for being an incredible force for good! Edit: Wow 12$/year is a nice price for the Plus plan (vs. Podverse's 3/month, though that's not terrible either). They just got themselves a new subscriber. I'd skip the trial if I could. Ta…

I completely missed the sell off from NPR to Automattic. Glad to see this news as a good omen. Hard to believe but I've been using this same app for 11 years now.
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