I work at home mainly and would like to be able to play podcasts from my TV (Fire TV). I tried one or two apps from the regular app store and they were crap. I also tried AntennaPod side-loaded but some functions just don’t work right. I’m trying to avoid using YouTube as well, plus fuck their dumb ads.

Before anyone says, “Use your phone,” I try to keep my phone far away while I work to avoid it distracting me. I could use it to play episodes still but then I don’t have a remote to pause or skip or adjust volume.

Any suggestions?

  • runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    do you have an old phone sitting around? you could remove all your time sink apps and install a pod ast app there, to remove temptations.

    for fireTV, look up how to install smart tube, it’s a YouTube frontend with out ads and built in sponsorblock. you will need to activate developer mode for the install.

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      3 days ago

      Not the worst idea (the phone) but that is an extra device to keep track of. I would also get in trouble for plugging a phone (or some kind of drive) into my work computer so that means another cable run from an outlet…