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Pocket Casts, You Altered the Deal, So I Will Alter Your App

• leakycap 1y ago
  Beautiful, you love to see it! Pocket Casts has no hope compared to the built-in players today. The premium version unlocks... bookmarks, transcripts, and folders? I dare you to think of 5 people you've ever met who would pay for ANY of those features, given they're free in most built-in apps.
  • jfengel 1y ago
    I don't want any of those features. What I love about PocketCasts is that it does an amazing job at speeding up podcasts -- not just smooth higher speeds, but a nice silence-deletion feature. If somebody else did that, I'd consider switching. But it would be rather a hassle.
    • leakycap 1y ago
      Yes, back in the day when no other podcast app offered the kind of silence-deletion, PocketCasts really stood out. Today most 3rd party podcast apps have a great trim silence feature: iOS/watchOS: Castro, Overcast Android: YouTube Music app, Podcast Addict, AntennaPod Others exist but these are the ones I have used personally and can verify the silence-skipping feature is similar or better.