{
  "type": "obituary",
  "publisher": "Rest In Print",
  "hall": "technology",
  "slug": "google-podcasts",
  "subject": {
    "name": "Google Podcasts",
    "maker": "Google"
  },
  "born": "2016",
  "died": "2024-04-02",
  "cause_of_death": "shutdown",
  "cause_description": "a quiet SIGTERM at the end of a sprint",
  "notice": [
    "Google Podcasts stopped streaming in the United States on April 2, 2024, and in the rest of the world that summer. It was about eight.",
    "It was the podcast app many people found already installed on their phones, and it never asked for more than that.",
    "Its listeners were moved to YouTube Music, along with their subscriptions and very few of their opinions.",
    "It is survived by an export button that worked until August."
  ],
  "in_lieu_of_flowers": "In lieu of flowers, export your subscriptions.",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.androidauthority.com/google-podcasts-shutdown-date-3393170",
    "https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/29/google-pushes-podcasts-users-in-u-s-to-move-to-youtube-music-by-april-2/"
  ],
  "url": "https://restinprint.studio/hall/google-podcasts"
}