Hard disagree, unless I'm missing something. I just set up ABS in the last week to have all of my podcasts self hosted along with my audiobook collection. So far, I've seen multiple features missing that make it untenable for podcasts on my phone, including:

• App on my phone doesn't auto-download episodes

• App doesn't autoplay the next episode

• • Hitting next only plays the last few seconds of my last episode

• Default sort is newest first, haven't figured out how to permanently set it to oldest first

• No automatic playlist of all episodes of a series downloaded

I like it for audiobooks, but the podcast side feels very much like an afterthought. I'll probably be moving to another podcast platform at some point. ABS is usable for podcasts, but at this point I wouldn't recommend it for that feature unless they're ok with lack of standard features or already have it set up.