Thank.you for the correction! I’ll fix it in my comment too.

I listened to podcasts on Antennapod for years. It’s open source and free, but there are many other podcast platforms. Used Pocket Cast before too, very good, licensed under MPL 2.0. Those services don’t have Spotify exclusive, but have all others.

Edit: corrected mistake about Pocket Cast.

I use Qobuz now, and they are great, with human-curated playlists and suggestions. So far, I love it.