It was a bad podcast app to begin with.
Google is doing their usual shit move of killing yet another product.
Google is doing an even shittier move of merging it with YouTube.
A company run by utter jokers.
My attitude towards any google product: never again.
YouTube is their only unrivaled product that I'm compelled to use (through NewPipe with SponsorBlock). Oh amd Android, but I use a Degoogling/hardening guide as mich as possible.
Other than that I've found much better alternatives for everything. They aren't even the best choice for most services. They're just the most convenient choice through established familiarity. I started Degoogling my life and never looked back. Don't miss it in the slightest.
Yeah. For me it's maps. It's difficult to replace with something open that includes live traffic information as well as details on shops.
Another one for the graveyard.
As it was foretold... by being a Google product
Google is making easier and easier for me to degoogle my life. Bit by bit I change to foss apps and never look back
I'm so mad at them for this. I love the simplicity of Google Podcasts.
Between YouTube getting worse all the time, the insane bloat YouTube Music now, the utter uselessness of Google search, and Assistant getting worse each year, I'm basically done with Google.
They're just... Too big for their own good that they don't know how to make good products anymore.
What's the FOSS alternative to podcasts?
Antennapod is what I use now. Works just as well as Google podcasts.
Antennapod FTW
Another one to the big list of the grand G.
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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