Where do you listen to podcasts?
Where do you listen to podcasts?
Where or what apps are you using to listen podcasts and still protect your privacy?
I use AntennaPod, looks good, has all the features I need, is open source and available from F-Droid.
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Antennapod from fdroid for me
I'll cast yet another vote in this thread for AntennaPod, installed from F-Droid. Switched a long time ago and haven't looked back.
AntennaPod from f-droid (on Android)
Audiobookshelf helps solve two of my big needs with audios (books and podcasts). Excellent piece of software. Please throw some cash to them if you end up deploying.
Found this recently and loving it. Only issue I have is it loads every episode of a podcast when you click on the podcast, so if you have a pod with 1000 episodes, you're gonna be waiting a few seconds when you click on it. Makes it feel sluggish.
Antenna pod and other apps load the pod instantly with a handful of episodes and then load more if you scroll. That makes way more sense.
RSS reader with direct subscriptions to RSS Feeds.
Podcast RSS Feed: What Is It, Why You Need It, How To Get It
What RSS reader do you use?
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CommaFeed, an open source reader:
https://github.com/Athou/commafeedI use the public instance, which has a limit of 2000 feeds:
https://www.commafeed.com
I prefer Audiobookshelf. Self hosted, cross platform and web app, keeps it all under my control and great for archiving.
I self host Tiny Tiny RSS preferring to get feeds directly from their source and listen via VLC on Android or Audacious on PC
I might be an outlier since I listen to most of my podcasts at home on my desktop. I subscribe to RSS feeds in Thunderbird, download and play them on VLC. Since I'm a bit of a hoarder I also like to create my own offline archive folders of favourite podcasts which is often harder to do with a dedicated app.
If I'm on the go, I use AntennaPod from F-Droid.
Is it still actively developed? Seems like last commit was last year.
Not sure, but it works
Podeverse
Podcast Addict - Only for Android right now, but only allows the permissions it needs. The website does explain that ad networks that come from the RSS feeds may get your IP location, but that's it.
pocket cast
Have you considered switching to a more privacy-friendly and open-source alternative like AntennaPod?
Pocket Casts recently open-sourced both their android and iOS apps:
But the backend is still closed-source.
first time hearing about an open source podcast app like antenna. I'd definitely give it a try. been switching to a lot of FOSS apps lately so hell yeah!
Not much of privacy, but I use Spotify for podcasts. Usually when I am commuting or during chores.
I would love to use a privacy oriented solution but it is difficult to have privacy and not have to micromanage my paymants to creator, Spotify does it automatically for me.
Could elaborate more about the payments?
I pay the Spotify subscription and they spread it according to my activity. I don't have to track myself the dozens or content creators and probability hundreds of artists to make sure I pay them fair procentage of my usage.
I just use Google Podcasts.
Have you considered switching to a more privacy-friendly and open-source alternative like AntennaPod?