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Google podcasts is shutting down

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Re: Google podcasts is shutting down

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Post by caturopath »

tkiolp4 wrote: post #38

Google as a brand is something I don’t trust anymore. - cloud? You’re far better at aws than gcp - email? Got my life-long gmail account blocked for no reason. I’m using icloud+ and custom domain now. I have a dummy gmail account just in case - drive? I don’t trust my gmail account so, I cannot trust drive either - search? Guilty. I’m still using it, but less and less - youtube? Annoying af with ads. I don’t bother w…

I mostly use Google web search, too, but I've found that Bing is the first search engine actually at the same level.

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tkiolp4 wrote: post #38

Google as a brand is something I don’t trust anymore. - cloud? You’re far better at aws than gcp - email? Got my life-long gmail account blocked for no reason. I’m using icloud+ and custom domain now. I have a dummy gmail account just in case - drive? I don’t trust my gmail account so, I cannot trust drive either - search? Guilty. I’m still using it, but less and less - youtube? Annoying af with ads. I don’t bother w…

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Post by rogerkirkness »

tkiolp4 wrote: post #38

Google as a brand is something I don’t trust anymore. - cloud? You’re far better at aws than gcp - email? Got my life-long gmail account blocked for no reason. I’m using icloud+ and custom domain now. I have a dummy gmail account just in case - drive? I don’t trust my gmail account so, I cannot trust drive either - search? Guilty. I’m still using it, but less and less - youtube? Annoying af with ads. I don’t bother w…

iCloud + custom domain is definitely better than Gmail in every way except maybe the webmail client. So glad I discovered it.

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Post by mmkos »

verdverm wrote: post #15
vecplane wrote: post #6

YouTube is effectively a Google Podcasts platform already. Paying for YouTube Premium to avoid ads is some of the best money I spend each month. I wish I could do the same for Spotify podcast ads. I do pay for Spotify already to avoid ads in music, but I can't seem to avoid them for the Joe Rogan Experience.

The ads in podcasts is why I left Spotify. Doesn't really seem like premium when the main content I want from them still has ads

I wonder if that's a sign of things to come. Nowadays it's (in most cases) pay so you don't see ads, but in the future it will probably shift towards pay so you see fewer ads kind of model.

I mean Spotify already kind of does it with JRE. It doesn't feel right that he's got his own ads despite the very lucrative deal he got, and I'm still forced to listen to him drone on about yet another generic vpn service even though I'm paying for a subscription.

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Post by nerdjon »

While I am sure this is likely to push people towards YouTube premium subscriptions, I feel like Podcasts are unique in the way they are consumed that they need a dedicated app.

Otherwise we end up with either a bloated YouTube app or an even more confusing "Youtube Podcasts" app (then YouTube music, YouTube videos, and YouTube whatever google decides to abandon next).

Would be a good time for Apple to maybe advertise Apple Podcasts some more.

Edit: Also why isnt this migration just done for you? So your data is there if/when you decide to try youtube podcasts.

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Post by benf76 »

Cwizard wrote: post #16

Can anyone explain why? I see almost no downside in keeping it running? Infra costs must be minor, there is no licensing costs, it’s a simple app so I would assume very little developer cost. The upside is that Android can come with a ‘native’ podcast player. Just like iOS comes with a native player. A big downside with shutting it down is that it reinforces the idea that Google products are eventually killed so don’…

It’s big tech war on rss / anything open. They want everything in their walled gardens // YouTube
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