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TFA explains the situation pretty well. Google Podcasts is still around until next year, and the Youtube Music app will have that functionality added this year. It's all in the first paragraph.
YouTube.com/podcasts doesn't even fucking work outside the USA.
Google Podcasts is so simple it could even have been an open source reference app showcasing Flutter and some backend GCP services.
Good riddance, what a dumpster fire. The tiny buttons for pause, replay, skip buttons are all right next to each other on the lock screen, so you often skip podcasts when you really want to pause or fast forward. on the other hand, the rewind 10-seconds button has half the real estate of the widget. Downloads arent automatically deleted even after the episode is completed (even if you mark as played or remove from qu…
There were Google Podcasts?
Yes, I'm using it. I first started using Spotify for podcasts but those idiots (sorry Spotify) don't let you disable the auto play so it automatically starts a new podcast after you finish one. At least on the free tier. I then switched to Google. The reason I care is that I often listen to podcasts when I'm in bed at night as it helps me sleep.
The only way to fix it is mark the newly-started episode as played, then mark as unplayed. So many extra steps that shouldn’t even be necessary in the first place.
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A fate worse than death. (Joke but I was a heavy Google Music user before it suffered the same fate).
That was an annoying and janky migration, but Youtube Music has a better interface than Google Play Music ever did. Though conceptually it's still just weird. A video that I like on youtube because of the video component isn't necessarily a song I want to listen to as music. Also it really needs the ability to block music from certain artists.
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A fate worse than death. (Joke but I was a heavy Google Music user before it suffered the same fate).
That was an annoying and janky migration, but Youtube Music has a better interface than Google Play Music ever did. Though conceptually it's still just weird. A video that I like on youtube because of the video component isn't necessarily a song I want to listen to as music. Also it really needs the ability to block music from certain artists.
If you're not the first pioneering version of something, you better be doing everything the others are doing, but better. Otherwise, what's the point of your product?