I agree, and would prefer to have a separate Spotify Podcasts app, but Spotify is one of the rare podcast players that supports multiple platforms (iOS, Android

I agree, and would prefer to have a separate Spotify Podcasts app, but Spotify is one of the rare podcast players that supports multiple platforms (iOS, Android, and web/Desktop). (Google Podcasts supports all mentioned platforms, but it's being replace with Youtube Music, which is no better than Spotify, at least based on reviews.)