I’ve been warming up to switching to GrapheneOS for months. Last month I bought a Pixel 8 (which is the buggiest effing phone I’ve ever owned, good job Google). I’ve just been waiting to have the bandwidth.

But with Google sunsetting Google Podcasts, I’ve decided to make time next week. Podcasts are a MAJOR part of my daily functioning.

  • anothermember
    47·
    3 months ago

    Nothing beats just downloading a podcast and listening to it in VLC or you audio player of choice - I don’t really understand why podcast apps are needed.

    But that said, if you need to use one AntennaPod has all the features and you can even get it on F-Droid.

    • null@slrpnk.net
      7·
      3 months ago

      A nice interface to search for shows, automatically download new episodes, listening history, options to trim silence, sync between multiple devices.

      Nobody needs them, but of course people want them.

      • anothermember
        1·
        3 months ago

        The problem is for me that it usually downloads to some obscure folder, not to where I want to save and archive my podcasts.

        • null@slrpnk.net
          1·
          3 months ago

          Any podcast app I’ve used saves them wherever it needs to be able to read them.

          I think saving and archiving podcasts is a niche use-case. I’ve jumped between apps and I just go resubscribe to the shows I want. If I need to find an old episode, I just go to that show and stream or download that episode.

          I can’t think of a reason why I’d need to keep those files stored anywhere.

          • anothermember
            1·
            3 months ago

            If you don’t really care about the podcast then that’s OK, but if I like a podcast I want a permanent offline copy to relisten to if the podcast goes offline. I guess I’m a bit of a data-hoarder and that’s niche, but simply being able to save a file you download to where you want I think should be a standard feature, there’s no need for an extra layer of abstraction.

              • anothermember
                1·
                3 months ago

                AntennaPod is one of the better ones but it doesn’t beat the good old-fashioned “Save As” where you can put it wherever you like. I don’t want a podcast app to manage my files, a file-manager does that.

                • null@slrpnk.net
                  1·
                  3 months ago

                  Hard disagree. I’d much prefer it manage the files for me. I can’t see a reason why you’d need to be constantly changing folder structure enough to warrant managing that manually.

                  • anothermember
                    1·
                    3 months ago

                    I’m not changing folder structure constantly, I just want it somewhere sensible where I can find it.