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TIL Pocket Casts is an Automattic product. Anyone have recommendations to switch (and not to the disaster that is Overcast)?
by closewith 2y ago
TIL Pocket Casts is an Automattic product. Anyone have recommendations to switch (and not to the disaster that is Overcast)?
- jasonvorhe 2y agoA competing product would have to at least be on par in terms of quality, licensing, UI/UX, app availability, sync, web interface. They'd have to start sacrificing living animals before I'd consider switching. They're even still honoring lifelong premium access for first purchases of their apps.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoWe have such different experiences. Pocket Casts works, but I find nothing about it amazing. Too much Apple-like simplification in managing my queue. I found Podcast Addict to be significantly superior.
- jasonvorhe 2y agoI've checked it out here and there. UI is way too convoluted for my taste and the legacy Android UI elements shine through way too often. Looks like Material Design on a pig. If it works for you, all good though. While not necessary, especially because of the proprietary sync stuff you can't self host, Pocket Cast is open source.
- corobo 2y agoWithout knowing why you consider overcast a disaster, no What features are you looking for? What features are you avoiding?
- closewith 2y agoOvercast had an update earlier this year which made it completely unusable (for my use case, at least). The developer's reaction to feedback from and apparent contempt of users was so poor that I wouldn't use a product they created again.
- fvrghl 2y agoWhat is bad about overcast?
- TavsiE9s 2y agoCould be the redesign that was launched a couple of months ago that still some folks seem to dislike.
- sleepybrett 2y agothere are a few choices that were made that are very odd. Like the old interface where you could swipe on the 'poster' to get the episode info was nice, they switched it to a button, but it looks like the recently undid that one and it's back to swipe.
- subarctic 2y agoHard to say now but I was coming from AntennaPod on Android, and when I switched to iPhone I needed a new podcast app, and Overcast was different in annoying ways and with Pocket Casts I was able to change some settings to get it to be more like AntennaPod. I think part of it was having a download button on each episode in the list.
- passwordoops 2y agoNot sure what you're looking for wrt features, but I've been happy with Podcast Addict for years
- fhfhfhjfnfnfmf 2y agoYeah TIL and now I’m done with that Overcast is at least independent, so I’ll go back to them for now.
- charamis 2y agoIt's obvious that you're somehow personally involved in this situation, since you have filled this thread with multiple comments which range from dismissive to plain rude. And the whole thread reeks of comments who just try to frame company's CEO as irrational, which contribute next to nothing to understanding the two companies' dispute, while raising some disbelief for their motive in the first place.
- frou_dh 2y agoJust keep using Pocket Casts rather than being buffeted on the winds of the news cycle.
- closewith 2y agoThis particular matter also affects me professionally (although not directly, but by precedent), so as a matter of principle, I'll find another solution.