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[–] TheTechNerd789@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

I've never heard of this, but I love podcasts.

Isn't this similar to the totally free AntennaPod from f-droid?

[–] Dinerty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Expensive, I'm just trying the free trial, don't know if I'll keep it.

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[–] envious92@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly it's pretty reasonable. I lucked into buying a lifetime pass a looong time ago and I've gotten my moneys worth. I wouldn't even mind paying a few bucks a month considering how useful it has been to me, and how much I use it.

[–] AceTKen@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

I'm going to ask a legitimate question and I promise I'm not trolling but this seems insane to me and I have to ask.

Why in the fuck would anybody use a special app just for podcasts?

I just go to the website, download the show, throw it on my phone and I'm good to go. It takes very little time I don't have anyone selling my listening data.

I'd genuinely like to know what the benefit is.

[–] randromeda@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For a legitimate question you sure do keep countering answers with "I don't do it so why do you?"

As for why people use a dedicated app? Convenience. All my podcast are in one place, they get updated automatically, and if I want it they get downloaded to storage automatically too so I can listen to them offline.

If someone tells me about a new podcast I might like, I can search for it and be listening to it within seconds, rather than having to download it from a website. Plus if I'm using Google Podcasts, playback is synced across devices so I can pick up on my phone where I left off on my computer.

Besides there's a ton of open source podcast apps and most don't have ads or tracking.

[–] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Because if I don't understand something, I would like an understanding of what the reasoning behind it is. We get smarter by asking people about the world. I find a lot of issues with people emerge because they don't think about the reasoning behind any of what they are doing and simply fall into a rut of convenience instead of finding a better way to do things.

But of course on the internet, people get pretty angry when questioning a behavior they just adopted and never bothered to think about.

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