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Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 with listeners migrated to YouTube Music (techcrunch.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[+] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    YouTube Music allows the app to be minimized, AFAIK.

    It's standard YouTube (non-premiun) that requires the app to be in the foreground.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can use the YouTube music app with a standard (free) YouTube account, at least on iOS. But the audio only keeps playing in the background if you pay for YouTube music. And I think you can’t download music to play offline.

    For what it’s worth, YouTube Premium ($14/ month) includes YouTube music and removes ads for YouTube.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yt-dlp, Ublock Origin and Newpipe all cost $0 tho

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Having YouTube premium means I can use it on any platform. I can use YouTube music on my phone with CarPlay and listen while driving, use the built-in YouTube app that hotel TVs have when I travel for work, watch things on my work computer, on my phone, or using my PS5.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Its a but hacky, but if you disable the youtube app, install firefox and then its "video background player" addon, you can listen to youtube videos/music minimized without paying.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Share to - - > Newpipe Sponsorblock also works.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is there sponsorblock on the phone?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yes, on Android:

    • Firefox/Fennec/fork of Firefox + Sponsorblock

    • Newpipe Sponsorblock

    • Youtube Revanced

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I wonder why uBlock Origin blocks revanced:

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Because it's not the right webpage. The official page is revanced.app or you can directly go to the github.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Thanks for this, now I have sponsorblock on the phone and on the TV also, very cool!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Seems to vary depending on whether I'm attempting to listen to music on my device ("attempting to" is the right word as it takes 15 seconds to load each individual song as it goes through a playlist) or listen to a YouTube video. It can go further into the background if it's music on my device, no further back than a big window drawn over the screen if it's a podcastable video, and must be in the foreground for a video IIRC.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Does Google Podcasts really not support that? Because that's like... the basics.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    The current Podcasts app does, but Youtube doesn't unless you pay for premium. After the migration, if that policy doesn't change, google's platform of the week will be useless for podcasts.

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