Pocket Casts acquired by NPR
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Pocket Casts acquired by NPR
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Re: Pocket Casts acquired by NPR
#2This was my go to podcast app on Android, excited to see how NPR does with it.
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#3The Apple podcast app has gotten continuously worse over the past few years, I'm excited to see that 3rd parties are picking up the slack, but I'm still pretty disappointed that Apple has neglected one of the most important aspect of the phone (for me, anyway).
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#4"Pocket Casts users will continue to enjoy: A wide variety of podcasts from hundreds of national and international producers;"
I hope this is just an unintentional underrepresentation of how many podcast producers are out there (many thousands, not just hundreds) and doesn't mean they're limiting which podcasts can be listened to in Pocket Casts.
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#5So is this basically a confirmation they're giving up on NPR One? It hasn't been updated for 7 months, after about 24 straight monthly updates.
If so, I wonder if they're going to cram livestreaming into Pocket Casts. That'd be enough for me to switch to something else, I much prefer apps that do a single thing extremely well.
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#6"Pocket Casts users will continue to enjoy: A wide variety of podcasts from hundreds of national and international producers;" I hope this is just an unintentional underrepresentation of how many podcast producers are out there (many thousands, not just hundreds) and doesn't mean they're limiting which podcasts can be listened to in Pocket Casts.
It's possible it's just a count of how many podcasts are included in the "Discover" section. I don't know what the process for getting added to that is.
It covers almost all of the "big" podcasts, but there are a handful of local ones I've had to add manually.
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#7Love Pocketcasts. Though I hope this mean they'll need to make the web app accessible
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#8The Apple podcast app has gotten continuously worse over the past few years, I'm excited to see that 3rd parties are picking up the slack, but I'm still pretty disappointed that Apple has neglected one of the most important aspect of the phone (for me, anyway).
Try Overcast, I’m a big fan.
I finally gave up on the Apple app years ago after it was unable to sync my place for the 1200th time.
Never had that issue with Overcast.
Re: Pocket Casts acquired by NPR
#9This is the first time a product I use daily has been acquired that didn't leave me with a sinking feeling. Congrats to the team!
Re: Pocket Casts acquired by NPR
#10> Pocket Casts will operate as a joint venture, with founders Philip Simpson and Russell Ivanovic in leadership roles and the existing staff and developer team remaining in place.
> “We turned them down because the unique thing about this opportunity is the mission driven nature of these organizations. They want what’s best for the podcasting space, they want to build open systems that everyone can use.”
The initial headline had me worried but I like the tone of the press release and have no reason to doubt the intentions of Shift Jelly or NPR. I hope they continue to improve what I feel is the best medium to consume podcasts that currently exists.