You know, it is a running joke that Google keeps killing their products within a few years or so after release. but with all seriousness, it makes me not trust any product they release because I have no idea if it’ll even be around a year later.
Dear Google, stop trying to make YT Music happen. It’s not going to happen.
Just downloaded AntennaPod
+1 for AntennaPod, has tons of options but also gets out of your way if all you want to do is find and listen to podcasts.
I can’t see Google ever adding in all the options people want in a podcast app into YouTube Music, it’s just never going to happen.
I would expect they’ll probably use it to try and switch you over to the video version (if it exists) since it’s going to have the more expensive ads (I assume the video ads are more lucrative anyways), which isn’t overall a bad thing, but also not really a good one either.
Idk… it has the best selection of music, it’s the only reason why I switched.
GP Music wasn’t too bad. I wish Apple would bring an iTunes client to Android, or at least if there were a decent comparable product (that supports streaming+purchasing music as I actually prefer to buy the songs I like).
Locking people into the streaming model is lame
I use Bandcamp, which does allow you to stream purchases, though I prefer to download the flac files and stream via Jellyfin
Just use VLC or Plexamp.
Not looking for a player, I’m looking for a store
Ah, misread.
I happen to use YT Music despite it sucking because I already pay for YouTube premium, and it seemed dumb to pay for Spotify or Tidal instead. Plus I hated what Spotify was doing by trying to combine music and podcasts into a single app. So naturally, a few years later Google is combining music and podcasts into a single app.
A few years ago, before Google introduced YouTube music, they had the Google Play Music app that let you listen to their entire catalog, download/cache the songs beforehand, listen to your own audio files on local storage (including .flac files), and subscribe and listen to Podcasts.
Literally was one of my most used apps until YouTube Music happened and they had less features for double the price.
Comes with YT Premium, so not sure why I’d use anything else. Can’t say I love the app though. Seems to get worse with each update.
Don’t have either and don’t see ad’s on Youtube. Fuck yt premium
Do people generally like having their podcasts and music on the same app? I never understood why so many music apps added podcasts.
They added podcasts because it is comparatively cheap (they don’t have to pay the record labels any royalties).
Easy, more user analytics.
I do. It helps to have it all in one place. Also since I’m paying for Spotify, I’m glad I’m not paying for another separate podcast service, and it feels like I get my money’s worth. Probably listen to a good 3-4 hours of podcasts per week and another 20-30 hours of music. If I was JUST doing podcasts, I’d probably use another service but it’s nice to have it all in one place that behaves the same for me in the car.
Why would you pay for a podcast service?
There are a bunch of podcast client apps that are free to use, some are open source, and they are utilizing indices such as podcastindex.org to give you access to podcasts.
I see what you’re saying. If for some reason podcasts became untenable on Spotify or inconvenient for me I would probably look more into a service like that. As it is though, my 2-3 hours per week are fine on Spotify. Good to know there are other options out there though.
Because there is a lot of shared stuff… so it’s cheap to be added to the app, that’s why.
That has absolutely nothing to do with it, its about more user analytics to cash in on.
When Stitcher shut down I briefly considered this app as an alternative but I said, no. These guys can’t be trusted to stick around. So no surprise here but thanks clamman for sharing it.
I had the same calculation a while ago. The feature where you could resume a podcast on my phone and Google Home speaker was tempting, but I stuck with Pocket Casts, which I just feel is more invested in their product. And the idea of listening to podcasts on Youtube is just not for me. Same reason I’ve never wanted podcasts on Spotify; podcast listening is something I want separate, not mixed with music.
This is stupid (as usual). I use the podcast app and when it will be turned off guess what i will use instead? Any other app instead of YouTube Music!!! Why? Because F**k Google!!! That’s why! I swear, it’s like they are deliberately trying to push me away from all their services. First Chrome, then Google search, and now podcast too. I’m already looking at some decent Gmail alternative.
‘Podcast Addict’ is an amazing alternative.
And these Google actions are what cause me to #degoogle my life, finding alternatives for every Google thing I use. Damn you Google, don’t be like that…
Absolutely second podcast addict, it’s what I use for my podcasts and downloaded audio books
Podcast Republic is an awesome podcast app. When Stitcher became cumbersome that’s what I switched to years ago. I feel even better having made the switch now that Stitcher has been absorbed.
k-9 for Gmail account there’s also protonmail, tutanota and posteo.de
even thunderbird works
Killed by Google
I know it’s not really important but I prefer the design of the Podcasts app (Material You). YouTube Music is always completely black and clashes with the design of every other app made by Google. 🤷♂️
Youtube music is trash!! The black background looks terrible. Stopped listening to music since the switch, my entire library was migrated and then removed by youtube music.
Man Google is on a roll, one of the few of their apps I kept after de-googling in the last few months from most things, now I can add this to an alternative. Thanks G!
