AntennaPod is great but most ads are directly injected into the files these days. The best you can do is skip them when they come up. AntennaPod allows you to set custom skips for the start and end of individual podcasts though which is useful.

[–] Confetti_Camouflage@pawb.social 6 points 10 months ago

I wish we had something like Sponsorblock but for podcasts instead of YouTube. Integrate that into AntennaPod and it'd be amazing.

[–] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Downloading with Ukraine VPN works for me to get rid of injected ads.

[–] lemonuri@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I cannot find the custom skip option, can you please give directions?

[–] thru_dangers_untold@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

From the Home page, swipe in from the left side of the screen. Tap the podcast you want to skip the intro of. Tap the gear, then "Auto skip". It needs to be set for each individual podcast

[–] lemonuri@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Cheers, mate.

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You should avoid services from apple. Apple is an enemy of free software

[–] lemonuri@lemmy.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Antenna pod is not in any way connected to apple. You use the internal search option to find a podcast or just add onc via url.

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

That's great. If you can, avoid apple. Apple is a horrible company.

[–] lemonuri@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

Audiobookbay is a great place to find audiobooks. Sharing is caring.

[–] kniescherz@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

I read that its a good idea to use a vpn to a very small, rather poor country. When the podcast has dynamic ads, it may not have one for your country and you can get it ad free. Havent tested it though.