Google announces April 2024 shutdown date for Google Podcasts (arstechnica.com)
from alphacyberranger@lemmy.world to degoogle@lemmy.ml on 09 Dec 2023 15:32
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autotldr@lemmings.world on 09 Dec 2023 15:35 next collapse

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Now, a new support article details Google’s plans to kill the product, with a shutdown coming in April 2024.

I think all the core podcast features exist somewhere, but they are buried in several menus.

There are more podcast-centric features sequestered away in YouTube Music, where a button with the very confusing label “Save to library” will subscribe to a podcast feed.

Music is a different interface, site, and app, so none of these billions of YouTube viewers are seeing these podcast features.

But this is the future of Google’s podcast content, so the company is plowing ahead with it.

If you’re looking to get off Google’s wild ride and want something straightforward that works across platforms, I recommend Pocket Casts.

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Masimatutu@mander.xyz on 09 Dec 2023 15:36 next collapse

@AntennaPod@fosstodon.org has everything you might need, is open source and is on Fedi at that!

azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 09 Dec 2023 17:01 next collapse

AntennaPod (Easy-to-use, flexible and open-source podcast manager and player) f-droid.org/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/

edit: just now trying the app. Really awesome, better than the thing I’m currently using. Thanks for the suggestion!

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works on 09 Dec 2023 18:09 collapse

Does this have advantages over Apple Podcasts?

MiltownClowns@lemmy.world on 09 Dec 2023 21:15 next collapse

Open source, lots of features, self hosted sync. If you’re happy in the apple ecosystem its probably not for you, their system works well. But if you aren’t knee deep in apple already or just want complete control of your data its pretty dope.

azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 10 Dec 2023 07:28 collapse

Most, if not all podcasts are just an rss feed to a url. The application consumes that xml and delivers it to you as icons for you to listen to.

Cort@lemmy.world on 11 Dec 2023 23:27 collapse

Man I really miss the days when rss was popular. Then Google killed Google reader, as they do…

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech on 09 Dec 2023 17:19 next collapse

Do you have to download them manually, or is at simple as giving it a link? Audiobookshelf has podcasts but I have to figure out how to manually download and organize them.

Masimatutu@mander.xyz on 09 Dec 2023 17:53 collapse

You can add podcasts in a lot of ways. Here’s the add podcast menu:

<img alt="Screenshot_20231209_175300_AntennaPod" src="https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/be4d5023-77bd-4288-b0af-f8ca036c3712.jpeg">

Wildchandelure@lemmy.world on 09 Dec 2023 20:20 next collapse

This is like 5x better than google podcasts. Goddamn. It actually works in maps, isnt glitching, and i like the UI more. Awesome.

6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 09 Dec 2023 22:32 collapse

I use it daily. The only thing I miss is casting to other speakers around my home.

aindriu_b@feddit.uk on 10 Dec 2023 08:27 collapse

The Google Play version of AntennaPod has Cast enable, FDroid version didn’t the last time I checked.

6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 10 Dec 2023 13:50 collapse

Oh I didn’t even check for a play store version, thanks for the heads up!

grandel@lemmy.ml on 09 Dec 2023 18:00 next collapse

Google doing Google things.

Xer0@lemmy.ml on 11 Dec 2023 15:18 next collapse

Oh for fuck sake. Everything I use of Google’s that is half decent always ends up getting the chop.

jjlinux@lemmy.ml on 26 Dec 2023 21:06 collapse

Another one bites the dust!