Does this mean YouTube Podcasts is ready for prime time?

Time to get out of Google Podcasts for anyone that is still using the service.

  • no banana English
    18•5 months ago

    I love Pocket Casts. Sadly I have a hard time recommending it to new people since they switched to subscription model payment. The reason I love it is because of what it was, not what it is. I’m grandfathered into the "pay once, own forever"and if I wasn’t I would probably be using something else these days. I’m still gonna throw it in as a recommendation though, because it’s damn good and people should make up their own minds in whether it is worth the payment.

    • @machininEnglish
      8•5 months ago

      I use the free tier and it is very good. Does everything I need. I won’t pay for a subscription for a podcast app, so it’s shame I can’t buy it to show my appreciation.

      In any case, the free tier is really good.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•5 months ago

        I pay $10/year for my podcast app (Overcast). Considering it does everything I want it to do that a lot of other apps don’t (or didn’t, years ago when I started with Overcast), and I use it 8+ hours a day it seems reasonable.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•5 months ago

      I don’t mind their subscription model. All the subscription features – cloud storage, folders, desktop app, extra themes – really feel like bonus features that aren’t essential.

      • no banana English
        2•5 months ago

        I guess. I don’t know what I would do without the desktop app and the cloud storage though. I just log in somewhere and everything is synced up and working.

        • @[email protected]English
          3•5 months ago

          It depends on your usage, for sure. For me, I’m more on the side of not seeing much there that’s valuable enough to subscribe to, though I’d probably pay a few bucks for the app just to support them. I think that if you’re happy with Google Podcasts, though, you’ll be happy with Pocket Casts without a subscription. It’s not like you have to pay for basic functionality, like downloading or queuing episodes, which is the evil version of the subscription model.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•5 months ago

      I really like this app, not so much paying a subscription. But I wanted access on both my phone and my PC and that was the only way to get it.

    • danielfgomEnglish
      1•5 months ago

      I recommend Podcast Republic. Maybe recommend that to people?

      • no banana English
        2•5 months ago

        I can’t recommend something I do not use.

        • danielfgomEnglish
          1•5 months ago

          So use it for a week 😀 😀

          • no banana English
            1•5 months ago

            I have pocket casts set up the way I want it and, as I previously said, own the full featured product for life without extra costs. I just don’t see a reason to.

            • danielfgomEnglish
              1•5 months ago

              That’s fine. I was just saying if you wanted to recommend any other options to your friends who ask you, Podcast Republic on Android is a solid choice to consider. That’s all.