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Nick @kukkurovaca7/19/2023, 1:02 AM

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@deafhobbit7/18/2023, 10:37 PM

Anyone have Android podcast app recommendations?

I'm looking for the simplest, dumbest, most feature free podcast app out there. I just want to be able to subscribe to podcast RSS feeds, download their episodes, put those episodes in whatever order I want, and listen. Literally any feature beyond that is a point against. Ads, suggestions, or any cloud features are hard no's, as is any app that calls out the number of podcasts it includes as a feature.

Podkicker Pro used to be this. I bought it years ago, and it had every feature I'd ever want. They recently added sponsored podcasts though, and updated their terms of service, so I'm sure the devs are gonna ruin it soon.

I'm happy to pay a one time fee, but not a subscription.

#podcasting #The Cohost Global Feed #android #app suggestions

@deafhobbit7/19/2023, 12:55 AM

Antennapod - https://antennapod.org/

the correct answer was Antennapod

of course the only option i could tolerate was an open source thing. obviously. it does have a bunch of unnecessary features i don't want, but it lets me just turn them off and never see them. what a concept!

thanks to @infodumping for suggesting it here (though i saw the suggestion from someone else in discord first)

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「Ｂｅｈｅｍｏｔｈ」@Behemoth7/18/2023, 11:01 PM

My old go-to was BeyondPod, which was perfect and barebones, but they just stopped updating it eventually so it got super buggy on newer versions of android.

Switched to Pocket Casts last year, it's been great. Really easy to rearrange episodes in the list, you can add RSS feeds by URL, no ads or other annoyances. I pay the $4 a month subscription fee just because I want it to be maintained and not left to rot, I don't think it actually unlocks anything important.

@Malnormalulo7/18/2023, 11:41 PM

BeyondPod has cleaned up its act a little from its buggiest low, enough that I came back to it. Still not great though.

Waddle Doo Not @waddle-doont7/18/2023, 11:46 PM

It looks like Podcast Addict fits? I haven't tried enough apps to know if it's the best, but you can do a one time purchase to remove the ad banner. It is a little messy UI wise, though, so maybe not good enough for the criteria "any feature beyond that is a point against".

Dornath @Dornath7/19/2023, 2:19 AM

I love podcast addict, nostly just does what I need it to do and doesn't try to sell me things.

Sylvia @infodumpling7/18/2023, 11:47 PM

AntennaPod is and always was my goto. Recently, the "Add Podcast" screen was changed as to not automatically show you suggestions anymore. So they really don't shove anything in your face.

@deafhobbit7/19/2023, 12:42 AM

DINGDINGDING!!! This is it. If course open source was the answer.

Sylvia @infodumpling7/19/2023, 12:55 AM

With how much distance I had to build from the obnoxious open source evangelism of my teenage years, I sometimes forget that spreading the word about the options there are can be helpful, actually.

@deafhobbit7/19/2023, 12:57 AM

I've never done open source software development, or any software development for that matter. I'm sure it's gross and messy and political on the ground, but it sometimes feels like the only place you can find a simple straightforward program that just does the thing you want and nothing else.

Sylvia @infodumpling7/19/2023, 1:08 AM

i'm not and wasn't a dev either, but enough of a dabbler and enthusiast in software and programming and close enough to the relevant communities that i would preach to people on how they should use linux all the time. had to learn that kind of preaching doesn't help much. but yeah, in the long run open source software tends to be 1) the only thing that keeps existing and 2) the only stuff that's made to just do its job.

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