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Re:Windows 11: Just say no by blondin on Thursday September 16, 2021 @07:23PM (#28559082)
this is so true!

apple podcasts is a fine example, among others, of this conundrum. on every iteration an "improvement" makes the app less usable. on the last iteration they decided that i should now "follow" shows and not "subscribe" to them. what's worse is that some screens had the old and the new names resulting in extreme confusion. on that same iteration, someone decided that the way i was deleting episodes wasn't cool enough. so they replaced a working feature with a half-working one!

please leave the podcasts app alone.

Re:Windows 11: Just say no by vehemenz on Friday September 17, 2021 @06:47AM (#28563725)
Interesting. The Podcasts app was a disaster when it was released. I honestly can’t imagine how it could have gotten worse.

I’ve been using Podcruncher since 2010. Manual downloads, no hiding episodes, custom playlists. All in a straightforward interface. It is amazing that Apple with its resources can’t deliver anything comparable.