Uncommon Apps
Dustin BluckI write about podcasts, programming, and all aspects of running indie mobile apps.
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Podcast Apps: A Framework for Dying Slowly with Dignity
There are lots of confounders in this data but the trend is clear. Chart made with Claude.
Independent podcast apps are not growing as a category. This is not a particular secret, but perhaps you haven’t seen it stated explicitly. It’s the...
Reclaiming a decade of podcast listening history
I’ve been listening to podcasts for a long time. Not as long as some I’m sure, but I discovered them in college and have been consuming them regularly since at least ~2010, starting with The Moth, This American Life, and Podcast Beyond. I s...
Just Pay the Subscription
D’Amico in Carroll Gardens has a large iced coffee for a great price, so you can at least get the best bang for your buck
I would say the least useful comment on the internet is that you hate subscriptions. It’s like hating rules. It’s too...
Castro Podcasts — Things I got wrong: Support
I had an idea when I bought Castro that human support based around actual user experience was an easy differentiator. I’ve rarely gotten useful answers from support from services I use. I thought if I used my own product every day, read eve...
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