Apple podcast gone off the deep end?

[alain.chabot (Alain)]

Ever since I have moved from my venerable Intel iMac to a new M1 iMac, I’ve been cursing Podcast. First, it refused to recognize my paid feed to a podcast I have been subscribing to for years. It simply tells me it can’t find the server. Safari does… Then there’s the problem with feeds no longer updating properly. But what really raises my temperature is the mania for Podcast suddenly becoming the active app, and displaying “can’t connect right now”. I know it can’t connect ever if I choose “Browse”. I have no idea why this is the case and it frustrates me.

Getting this off my chest added years to my longevity

[Shamino (David C.)]

Fortunately, you don’t have to use Apple’s Podcasts app if you don’t like it. I got ticked off about Podcasts (for a different reason) a few months ago and started this discussion to look for an alternative app:

Podcast app suggestions

With iOS 14.5, Apple broke the Podcasts app to the point where it is no longer usable. More specifically, they changed it so it no longer shows only the most recent episodes. Instead, it shows everything from the podcast’s feed, which may contain thousands of episodes (for example, the Sean Hannity Show has 1686 episodes, going back to April 2016). You can configure the app to only show unplayed episodes, but there’s no command to mark everything as played, so you need to manually mark every …

I ultimately settled on the following two apps:

• On my Mac desktop, I’m using Mimir: https://mimirpodcasts.app/

• On iOS (an iPod Touch), I’m using PocketCasts: https://www.pocketcasts.com/

Other people have recommended other apps. I recommend you read through the entire thread and try out anything that looks interesting.

[alain.chabot (Alain)]

Thank you! Maybe some the Boeing 737 Max software team move to Apple?