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It’s not just you – the Apple podcast app is a disaster

by rokkk on 6/15/21, 8:29 PM with 6 comments

• by meristohm on 6/15/21, 8:55 PM

  > [RE iOS 14.5] … any podcast episodes users might have earmarked but hadn’t yet subscribed to were automatically wiped off their phones with the update. If everything in that purgatorial space between Browsing and Downloaded had automatically rolled over into Saved in the new version, the change might have been almost understandable.

  The Apple Podcasts app is frustrating. Slow, buggy, sometimes unresponsive for too long. I far prefer smooth, accurate function over looks. I miss the F-Droid -hosted podcast app I used to use before switching to iOS for family connectivity. The update to iOS 14.6 hasn’t fixed the problems.

• by ralphc on 6/16/21, 12:31 AM

  The 14.4 and earlier has its own UI issues. I regularly show my podcast queue on my phone and take screencaps so I can rebuild my list when I do something in the UI and lose it.

• by phnofive on 6/15/21, 9:17 PM

  I'm happy to keep paying Marco $10 a year to leave Overcast's UI alone... I'd do the same for a secure but otherwise invisible browser.