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Where is the primary place you get your podcasts? 1. YouTube 2. X 3. Rumble 4. Spotify 5. Fountain 6. Apple Podcasts 7. Somewhere else (specify) Do you typically listen to audio podcasts or watch video podcasts? #asknostr (While you're here, take a moment to go subscribe to @78070802…00682645 wherever you get your podcasts. I personally recommend @6538925e…571e55c3 ) https://bitcoinpodcast.net/podcast

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Salva19d ago

Fountain. But because I feel bitcoin centered podcasts are becoming repetitive, US-centric, and too much focused on doom and gloom, I end up listening to only one or two per week. Time is limited and that is the greatest asset...

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TheBitcoinBattery19d ago

I've been a heavy user of the app Podcast Republic for years. Tons of customization options, fine speed variability control, able to download episodes ahead of time automatically and other stuff. I enjoy fountain too though, I use both at this point. I want to support the Bitcoin/Nostr ecosystem!

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Oscar Merry19d ago

What’s one thing you’d like to see improved with the Fountain experience?

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Oscar Merry19d ago

Anything you think we could improve on that would improve the experience compared to Spotify

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Mark Penney19d ago

The music browser needs some improvements, users need to see genre or subgenre , related organic content We need to discover new music and find familiar artists. Curated playlists maybe? I love fountain - I want to see my favourite musicians slide over.

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Oscar Merry18d ago

100% agree - we have something coming very soon that should improve this!

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Mark Penney19d ago

inviting communities (around music scenes) to move over to fountain may help. Imagine if an ambassador of fountain brought the line up of ‘this is hardcore’ festival to showcase live music. There a great YouTube channel hate5six , introduced a ton of bands to me over the last couple of years Guys like that could unlock Fountain for a new group of users

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serenitys forge19d ago

For some reason, fountain hasn't rewarded since the 18th of February. And I'm up to date on upgrades 🤷

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Oscar Merry19d ago

Let me know if you have any feedback on the Fountain app experience!

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Hasn19d ago

Glad you asked. 1. Bring video to Android app 2. Fix remote Nostr singer on Android app (currently not working)

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Oscar Merry19d ago

We already support video on Android - do you no see an option to switch to video from the player on Walker’s episodes? I will check the Android remote signer flow for you - are you using Amber?

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Oscar Merry19d ago

Sorry to hear that - can you share the specific issue you encountered?

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Nick19d ago

Yes the app crashed continuously. And oftentimes I would stop listening in the middle of a podcast and then go back to finish the podcast and it didn’t save the spot where I stopped. So I had to guess where I left off.

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Oscar Merry18d ago

Sorry you experienced this - we've fixed this issue in the latest version - maybe you could give it another try and let me know if it works better for you?

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Oscar Merry19d ago

Sorry to hear that - would love to improve things for you - what’s the number one thing you don’t like?

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.19d ago

Well, on iphone: -when you open it just spins and spins and never loads -have to swipe app closed -then open again -should open to my library but opens to some page of shit i don't ever care to look at -click on podcast show and hit play the previous show will play and have to close app again for the selected one to play -the app will randomly leap backward 30 seconds in playback

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walker18d ago

I listed death cult apps because that’s what most people use, and I knew anyone who didn’t use said apps would be sure to tell me. Also, I put @6538925e…571e55c3 in a different category. They’ve had “zaps” (“boosts”) for years. They also integrated Nostr a while ago. They also have video in addition to audio. For bitcoiners who only use death cult apps, I always try to push them toward fountain.

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inpc18d ago

Good to hear. There’s also a bunch of other apps that are both open source and support podcasting 2.0 features (therefor btc) Bitcoin is part of a bigger picture for me, we need more free and open systems and way less digital vampires. That involves a massive culture shift away from current funding models of the Internet. I really like the v4v concept and I hope more people shift their thinking over time. Loads of great FOSS podcast projects listed at https://podcastindex.org/apps. Fountain doing great work for sure and they’ve been very supportive of grass roots level music events, that’s extremely cool! I’m also a fan of Podverse, again it supports direct p2p payments using magic internet money. Win. We’re all fans of open source money, we need to open source a lot more imo. This is very hard for creatives (music maker not using mainstream platforms myself) but I sleep better knowing I’m trying to be the change I want to see. My own music/show is self hosted on Castopod, again FOSS and RSS and BTC compatible. For bitcoiners who only use death cult apps I’d just ask what world do you want to see? One where kids grow up thinking making weird surprised face to satisfy a black box algorithm is normal or something else? Hmm…

TheBitcoinBattery19d ago

You guys are off to a great start, only a few suggestions really come to mind. 1: Improving the "open in app" experience when I click links to fountain pages for podcasts as it doesn't really work well. 2: Reducing the minimum sats per minute, this will only get more important as the price rises long term. 3: Increase the options in speed control, I don't like 25% faster as I usually do a modest 10%. 4: Add options that customize Bluetooth button controls when listening to podcasts. Thanks for asking!

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Oscar Merry18d ago

Thanks for the feedback! - On app links - these seem to work fine for me on iOS - are you on iOS or Android? Could you share an example link that didn't work? - On sats per minute - the minimum is currently 10 sats per minute but we will definitely consider lowering it if (when) the bitcoin price rises considerably - On playback speed granularity - it's on our roadmap to add more granular options - On Bluetooth headphone controls - what kind of customisation would you like?

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Hasn19d ago

Wow I found "switch to video" option hidden indeed. It would be helpful if it is a button visible on the screen anywhere. Yes, using Amber.

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Oscar Merry18d ago

Yes it is a bit hidden - we've considered playing video by default for episodes with video - but I'm not 100% sure it's the right approach - will try and make the switch to video option more obvious. On Amber signer - we're aware of an issue that sometimes can affect the remote signer if signing is not set to automatic - we have a fix that should be live in the next 48 hours - version 1.4.9

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ChadF and 33 others18d ago

We need people using more than just Fountain. I still think most people only use Fountain to Boost and still listen in other apps. That's just a guess but it's based off of what I've seen and heard over the years. Lots of #vibecoding going on but not much in the podcasting space. My focus is music and helping the devs at Podverse, Castamatic and PodcastGuru out as much as I can because those apps are light years ahead of anything I'd ever make. but at the end of the day if your using anything but Apple or Spotify to listened to podcast it's a win in my book.

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DuhLaurien ✌🏻👽💨18d ago

Also worth noting Fountain is NOT open source, but there are plenty of new podcastng apps that are like Podverse and Curiocaster

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