Podcasts

I've tried all the indie podcast listening apps on iOS and always come back to the Apple Podcasts app. The things I don't care about:

• • syncing

    • I don't want podcasts taking up space on my laptop, where I never listen to podcasts

    • I don't listen to podcasts on any device other than my iPhone, so I don't need position syncing

  • increase or decrease in speed

Things I do care about:

• • subscriptions

  • background downloading

  • background playback

  • cover art

    • remember when you could embed different cover art based on the position of the track?

Podcasts I'm not interested in (there are always exceptions):

• • people talking to each other podcasts

    • exception: the MetaFilter podcast. In the span of an hour I get caught up on the month's links at the community site

  • "Turns Out" podcasts (credit to Marco Arment for the phrase). You know, the science or "interesting things" podcasts where they say "It turns out that" a few minutes in.

I can only listen to podcasts while doing something like:

• • walking/running

  • driving (if I drove for any length)

  • doing the dishes, tidying up

Some people can do it while working, but not me.