Rule of Google: if it works, kill it.

I know, I know, using Google apps isn’t the best, but this was a perfectly good Podcast app with all the features you might want.

Apparently they’re moving everything over to YouTube Music, where a lot of the features of Google Podcasts aren’t implemented yet.

I’ve moved over to an app from F-Droid.

  • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    i think its a bit more simple than that

    If a product is really good experience for you (ie. Not crammed with ads) AND you dont pay anything for it, then it’s not profitable.

    Google didnt become one of the biggest companies in the world by doing volunteer work for your benefit

    They only exist to show ads and/or harvest your data. Once those goals are met, then the user doesnt matter. They NEVER mattered

    • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      I don’t think Google Podcasts required that much maintenance. However it didn’t have the ads that YouTube Music does.

      AntennaPod has been a perfect, free replacement.