Downloading is podcasting's birthright
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podcast apps should always download the episode before playing it. I think what Marco did on the recent release of overcast is exactly the correct right thing to do.
Episode 187: PR Hijack! (episode page, opens in a new tab) 01:03:58 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Podcast apps should always download an episode before playing it, as Overcast went back to doing. Downloading ahead for later playback, whether three seconds or three days later, is what podcasting was meant to be. Streaming crept in years later and made things messy, which is why downloads are still the metric podcasting is measured by.