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Is there a way to automate ad-free podcast downloads?
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I'm listening to podcast on a daily basis. I'm using Escapepod on a deGoogled Android phone.
Basically I pay for premium feeds, this way the author of the podcast get money and I don't ads. One example is "Tech Won't Save Us" via Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/techwontsaveus/posts?vanity=techwontsaveus and another is 404 Media.
How it works is that premium podcast feed have a uniquely generated URL that I then use on my podcast client. It then downloads the episodes from the feeds, no ad. It's very straightforward.
No need for YouTube (terrible, part of Google/Alphabet) nor Apple (terrible as it's doing everything possible to grow it's closed ecosystem) to have quality content.