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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.
Yeah, this was the only Google product that I really liked, and of course they're killing it just to force people to use YouTube Music. AntennaPod is an open-source alternative that functions very similarly, I've been using it for a couple of months now and I'm very happy with it.
Yeah, that's where I ended up, too. At least Google had the decency to support OPML export so I didn't have to redo my subscriptions manually.
My problem is when they kill services that are default installations on Android, then never remove them from the OS image.
I'm looking at you Allo.
I use Audiobookshelf for audiobooks, but apparently it supports Podcasts too. I haven't tried that feature yet.
It's a self-hosted system that you run on your own server.
I just ignore any new Google service these days. Unreliability isn't even as much of a concern as privacy.
I've been using 'Pocket Casts' on Android for years. Highly recommend it.
Yeah but that price jump is nuts. I'm sure there's something out there 70% as good for 10% of the price.
I've been plugging it too, but apparently new users have to pay monthly fees to use it? Maybe there are now better alternatives.
This is not true. The app is free and has no listening limits.
What you can pay for is a web player (for pc), cross device syncing, cloud storage, extra themes, and some other perks.
Been using pocket casts for like 7 years now with no complaints.
Damn :(
Those features will never be implemented. Just like with Google Music.
I still miss Google reader
You might enjoy feedly
google should launch an euthanasia clinic
Will be killed 3 years from now, Google Euthanasia will have been a service to order remote drone assassins for instant palliative relief. Closed due to privacy laws in the EU.
You should switch to AntennaPod.
Antennapod is fine, although it is annoying that there appears to be no way to make it so that it automatically plays the next episode of the podcast you are listening to rather than what you purposefully place into the que.
That's my go to, FOSS app that rivals the major apps.
There are other podcast apps on F-Droid also.
Googles antics with its service killing is what lead me to trying out the Apple walled garden.
Now I just need to quit Gmail somehow, sometime.
For email, FastMail and MXRoute are good.
MXRoute needs you to have your own domain, but they let you create unlimited accounts at that domain. You're just limited by total disk space. Sometimes they have good Black Friday deals.
I'd strongly suggest you use your own domain. It means you can easily change provider again in the future while still using the same email address. Get a domain for your surname and give accounts to your family :)
Mailbox.org
Worth the $30/year (they have a free tier too)