I’ve been vocal about the fact that when it was working well and before some of the recent changes to the UI, Castro Podcasts for iOS was in my view the best podcast app ever created.
It’s been through some hard times and even faced an existential threat.
But recently, it was acquired by a new owner. I covered this in a recent episode of Living Blindfully, and mentioned that the new owner promised to systematically get through the huge backlog of tech support requests.
Some of those requests related to Living Blindfully, because Castro and our podcast hosting company, Pinecast, were having issues.
Matt from Pinecast and Dustin from Castro now have this sorted, so Pinecast podcasts are flowing freely into Castro again.
Dustin from Castro got in touch with me earlier in the week. I can tell he’s serious and committed to returning Castro to its former glory, and even taking it to greater heights.
We briefly talked about some of the recent #accessibility regressions that have crept into the UI and I’m confident those will be attended to when some of the serious systemic issues are under control.
I am excited about the props ect of being able to return to Castro soon, and I have no doubt at all it’s in good hands.
Oh and a wonderful bonus. They’re even here on Mastodon now. Follow them here: