I like Spotify for music. But i hate it for other content. I like overcast for podcasts. It’s not just ui, i like having separate channels separate. I wouldn’t want my movie in Spotify either.
They also integrated it in the dumbest way ever. You have to click music on the bottom and then move your finger all the way to the top of the screen to click podcasts, then wait for the animation, and then finally you can click on downloads, wait for that to load (requires internet for some reason), and select what you want to play.
Antennapod made me lose track of things (too many views if I remember correctly, been a few years) and had UX issues of its own, but I'm seriously considering switching back. I've unsubscribed from anything that's Spotify exclusive because I hate walled gardens (I'm happy to pay Spotify a cut to listen to and pay artists, but not if then nobody else who doesn't have Spotify can't listen to those artists, too) so that's not what's keeping me in anyhow.