I have been using PocketCasts for a long time, but it’s been enshitifying for a while now. The most annoying part is the huge amount of ads that are inserted in the podcasts, and I can’t even tell if that money goes to the creators or to PocketCasts.
So any good recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Yes, the ads are inserted dynamically. I have found, however, in the past that if you use a VPN to download them and set your region to Switzerland for some reason they don’t get inserted. You will have to listen to empty silence during the length of time an ad would usually play but that’s better than the ads.
Hopefully this trick still works, if not try a different region or I guess it doesn’t work any more.