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I don't understand why they don't make Google Podcasts a front end to YT. A dedicated podcast app would be much better IMO, YT music sucks as is.
this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2023
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Is it really killed by Google when itβs intentional to own the IP and print money off its licensing.
Perhaps a better term is IPenshitification.
Google is becoming less a tech company by the day & becoming patent trolls.
RIP Google Podcasts. I'm not a fan of everything being moved under the YouTube branding, a platform I've come to associate with terrible ads, questionable algorithms, and the promotion of misinformation.
Now you can have your podcasts with terrible ads, questionable algorithms and the promotion of misinformation!
Would be a lot harder to maintain that crucial functionality across different apps
YouTube music is pretty good though. Kinda makes sense for them to merge them.
I use both apps, this doesn't really change much for me.
I've never used/liked Google podcasts (I've used BeyondPod since before Google Podcasts existed and never saw a reason to change), this really doesn't change much for me either.
But it makes sense from Google's Perspective to have everything under the same umbrella.
If I wanted to use YT Music I'd already be using it. Podcasts and music are not the same thing. Anyway...
There are some good alternatives out there, like Antennapod.
.youtube tld exists?
I understand the hate YT Music has for its history of being released as a big mess, but nowadays the app its actually pretty good. And having the podcasts inside the YT Music will help the podcasts that release in video to have both in the same place and interchangeable (is that a word?).
They are going to announce Youtube Music Messenger app in the next I/O, aren't they? to add to their ever growing list of messenger portfolio.
They already added comments. It's the carcinization of the tech world, eventually everything Google touches turns into a messaging platform