"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
For whatever reason, Apple has decided to remove the synchronizing of iTunes Playlists from the Podcast app in the new iOS 11. They are now trying to push “Stations” as the new and improved way we should all listen to Podcasts.
STATIONS ARE NOT PLAYLISTS!
If they were, then we would be able to drag all the podcasts any of my iTunes Playlists into a Station and have them appear and play in the same exact order, allow us to manually change the play order, or temporarily disable specific podcasts from syncing by checking or unchecking specific podcast episodes… just like we did in the previous iOS 10, where we had Stations AND Playlists. This ability did not need to be removed. So I created this iPetition to see if we could do something about it.
I have been informed that submitting feedback to Apple at https://www.apple.com/feedback/podcasts_ios.html about this issue may be the best way to help call Apple's attention to restore this functionality. Please go there and submit a complaint. Submit one every day, submit one in each appropriate Feedback Type. Podcast Playlists need to be restored to the Podcast app on iOS 11.
For more details on this issue, please read the posts and comments at... https://discussions.apple.com/message/32293909 https://discussions.apple.com/message/32238114 https://discussions.apple.com/message/32279720
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Please bring back Playlists
It was an asinine change, and basically crippled and severely limited the capability of the app to allow users to use the software in the way we were already using it. Stations are USELESS to me and many, many other people. We've TRIED to make it work. It just doesn't.
Why, Apple, did you remove a useful capability? Are you trying to drive us away from using your software?
This may very well be one of the dumbest usability decisions ever made.
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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
For whatever reason, Apple has decided to remove the synchronizing of iTunes Playlists from the Podcast app in the new iOS 11. They are now trying to push “Stations” as the new and improved way we should all listen to Podcasts.
STATIONS ARE NOT PLAYLISTS!
If they were, then we would be able to drag all the podcasts any of my iTunes Playlists into a Station and have them appear and play in the same exact order, allow us to manually change the play order, or temporarily disable specific podcasts from syncing by checking or unchecking specific podcast episodes… just like we did in the previous iOS 10, where we had Stations AND Playlists. This ability did not need to be removed. So I created this iPetition to see if we could do something about it.
I have been informed that submitting feedback to Apple at https://www.apple.com/feedback/podcasts_ios.html about this issue may be the best way to help call Apple's attention to restore this functionality. Please go there and submit a complaint. Submit one every day, submit one in each appropriate Feedback Type. Podcast Playlists need to be restored to the Podcast app on iOS 11.
For more details on this issue, please read the posts and comments at... https://discussions.apple.com/message/32293909 https://discussions.apple.com/message/32238114 https://discussions.apple.com/message/32279720
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I have hundreds of Podcasts that I listen to in a specific order that I manually change when I want to. Removing Playlists when they didn't need to makes playing Podcasts in iOS 11 unusable! Lets hope this helps Apple reinstate it.
Please bring back Playlists
It was an asinine change, and basically crippled and severely limited the capability of the app to allow users to use the software in the way we were already using it. Stations are USELESS to me and many, many other people. We've TRIED to make it work. It just doesn't.
Why, Apple, did you remove a useful capability? Are you trying to drive us away from using your software?
This may very well be one of the dumbest usability decisions ever made.
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I have hundreds of Podcasts that I listen to in a specific order that I manually change when I want to. Removing Playlists when they didn't need to makes playing Podcasts in iOS 11 unusable! Lets hope this helps Apple reinstate it.