Technology

Google killing a product? No way

For anyone getting this news here. On Android, one of the best replacements is AntennaPod.

fuck it, do gmail next, force me to find a proper provider

who exactly thinks it's good that things are this ephemeral? what's the point of even using and enjoying and getting invested in something when they constantly pull this shit?

Another day another piece of Google tech tossed in the trash

How long until they shut down Search? It’s been dog shit for years.

killedbygoogle.com

Tip: just don't use Google products

Every single thing I use gets changed, ruined, shut down, canceled, moved, merged. It never ends.

Wound up giving up and using Google podcast BECAUSE other ones I used kept getting shut down.

FFS Google's killing another app I use all the time

At this rate I half expect Google Play books to be dead before 2025

That's why I never used it, because I knew it will happen. Better to use some other solution. I wish there was a third party option to google chromecast and all the home devices that works as well.

10 Google: We’re so rich! Let’s make a product!

20 Google: kills product

30 goto 10

Lmao. I'm shocked.

Another service that I didn't know google even offered until they announced it was dying. There are so many sources that podcast apps can pull from that we don't need half as many as we have.

I use it, I like it and it works with zero issues. It also easily works with my Google Home speaker. So of course it gets shut down. Because obviously. Sigh.

That said, Pocket Casts on iOS is also quite decent.

Another one in the Google graveyard.

They say it's crazy YouTube could end. I'm not so sure.

Room to give a shout out to Podverse, free and open source!

https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.podverse.fdroid/

Anyone have a suggestion for a alternative simple light weight podcast app for android?

Edit: I installed antennapod and it's exactly what I was looking for. Very light weight and even open source. Thank you for all the suggestions.

google tries not to kill one of it's products challenge (impossible)

Google seems to be caught in an awful feedback loop. I feel like at this point, most tech savy people are weary to try new Google services for fear of liking them, but eventually getting shutdown. In turn causing those tech savy users to not recommend it to their friends/family that actually might cause it to grow.

Honestly don't know how they get out it without either losing tons of money on maybe side projects or happening across the one things that's so good it's impossible to not use. The latter seems more unlikely by the day

Lol this is just google reader for your ears

As a Google Fi user, I really should be looking for something else.

I learned with Google music never get involved with Google with something you'll want to use daily. Google music hands down was the absolute best music service I've ever used. Google is like a kid with ADHD bouncing around from project to project never to see them through.

Yet another Google product that goes into the grave.

They didn't market this very well. Literally the first time I'm hearing about this

Lol they had podcast 😅

Years ago, Google shut down services I used and since then, I don’t get involved in anything they put out there on the market. This will include their AI service.

Only thing they are allowed to provide me is email. I’m even using YT and search drastically less.

It's been known for over a year that they're planning to replace it with YouTube music