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It's amazing how incompetent they seem in this area. They even shut down another podcast app before your journey began, called Google listen. Luckily, although
by JeremyNT 3y ago
It's amazing how incompetent they seem in this area. They even shut down another podcast app before your journey began, called Google listen.
Luckily, although you might want Google's proprietary music player to access their subscription content, there's absolutely no reason to use a Google podcast app. I am a fan of Antennapod[0], which is available on F-Droid.
[0] https://antennapod.org/ https://antennapod.org/
- zer0zzz 3y agoOh man, wait until you hear how incompetent they are at messaging apps.
- zer0zzz 3y agoAnd health apps
- upupupandaway 3y ago[flagged]
- leansensei 3y agoPlease don't post pointless comments, or this site turns into reddit.
- lazycouchpotato 3y agoAnd TV apps - Google TV, Android TV, YouTube TV.
- zer0zzz 3y agoThe one thing they got right was Chromecast. And they ruined it with a stupid remote and interactive UI while still using underpowered hardware. I use a Shield TV now.
- sangnoir 3y ago> t's amazing how incompetent they seem in this area You may be surprised at how competent they look internally. If I were a betting man, I'd say each of those transitions went into a promotion/performance packet. I count at least 3 product teams competent at developing podcast features, and were likely rewarded for it.
- chatmasta 3y agoThe only successful products I can think of from Google that were entirely of their own making are Google Search, GMail, and Chrome. Their other successes all came from acquisitions, like YouTube, Maps (KeyHole), Docs (Writely), Android, etc. They deserve some credit for their cultivation and maintenance of these products, but they did not create them.
- tuatoru 3y agoChrome was based on Webkit, which I think was associated with the K Desktop Environment project.
- radlad 3y agoWebkit is a fork of KHTML (part of Konqueror from KDE) created by Apple.
- Fatnino 3y agoTheir main product is ads
- pvitz 3y agoAnd the acquisition of Doubleclick was very helpful for that product...
- SturgeonsLaw 3y agoAnd to their credit, they are remarkably good at projectile vomiting that garbage all across the internet
- adhamsalama 3y agoThat's much better than Google Podcasts, thanks!
- fancyfredbot 3y agoThis must be the first time those words have been used in that order. I suspect possibly also the last.
- cheypen 3y agoAntennapod is also available on Android.
- majewsky 3y agoF-Droid is an Android app store, yes. You can install it on every Android device.
- hnburnsy 3y agoAntennapod is the a major reason why I haven't moved to an iPhone.
- kyriakos 3y agobenefit of google podcasts compared to antennapod is that with google podcasts I can start a podcast on one device and later continue where I left off on another device (e.g. listen on mobile then switch to desktop).
- JeremyNT 3y agoI don't use this functionality myself and can't vouch for it, but have you looked into the synchronization options? It seems as if it should be possible. They support self-hosting as well. [0] [0] https://antennapod.org/documentation/general/synchronization https://antennapod.org/documentation/general/synchronization
- kyriakos 3y agothanks. gPodder seems to be the missing piece.