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Any recommendations for a good FOSS podcast app for Android. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 day ago by Bumblefumble@lemm.ee to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I have been using PocketCasts for a long time, but it's been enshitifying for a while now. The most annoying part is the huge amount of ads that are inserted in the podcasts, and I can't even tell if that money goes to the creators or to PocketCasts.

So any good recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Alright, I might be wrong then. The reason I speculated they did that, is that it plays ads at the beginning and end of every episode that are localized to my region and up to date, even though it's an old, foreign podcast I'm listening to. But maybe it's the podcast itself being able to do that dynamically instead? Then I don't mind it as much as I do want to support the creators.

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, podcasts have had dynamic ads since 2013. The provider inserts them when you download

[–] SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

Yes, the ads are inserted dynamically. I have found, however, in the past that if you use a VPN to download them and set your region to Switzerland for some reason they don't get inserted. You will have to listen to empty silence during the length of time an ad would usually play but that's better than the ads.

Hopefully this trick still works, if not try a different region or I guess it doesn't work any more.