fratermus

If the ads for a feed are in a predictable position (like first two minutes, last minute, whatever) one can use sox or similar to trim the file at that point to effectively remove the ads.

But like some of the other commenters here, when the podcast is available by patreon I use that feed and avoid the whole problem.

I own and use a Microsoft Zune HD

Seems like a good enough reason to me!

I updated both my desktop and a headless server without issue.