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With the realization that all software

2026-01-13 20:25:02.534755+01 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

With the realization that all software is great, then becomes crappy as the developers decide to screw with stuff that doesn't need changing...

AntennaPod just pissed me off. Looking for a replacement Android podcast player, hopefully that has folders. Bonus for open source.

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#Comment Re: made: 2026-01-13 21:04:41.379051+01 by: markd

Apple at least contributes to this by requiring apps be regularly updated, otherwise they're removed from the store. "If we have to push out a new version, might as well add more stuff to it."

This after spending about 3 weeks to unfuck a fitness app I work on so folks can start their winter training just because we haven't updated the app in a couple of years. Only one tiny UI change was made for the update - we didn't need to update it all outside of apple's bull

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