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Oscar Merry

Building Fountain - a nostr powered podcast app

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2026-06-14 17:07:12 UTC

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What version of the app are you using?

2026-06-11 15:56:56 UTC

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Fixed - we truncate nostr notes because they are clickable through to the thread page - I've disabled this for non-nostr boosts.
https://fountain.fm/episode/Hpc1pgNvvZGIBYjkGRQS

2026-05-18 16:57:02 UTC

@nprofile…4m66 can you send me one of these onchain zaps - curious about the receive experience - will zap you back NIP-57

2026-05-16 09:11:47 UTC

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Hi - it looks like keysend payments to your node (crime21@getalby.com) are intermittently failing.
For the top boost example on this episode - the 4,242 sats were sent by @nprofile…n59y with an NWC wallet connected to Fountain. When splits fail on a boost from an NWC wallet - we refund the split amount to the Lightning Address of the connected NWC wallet - and I can see the refund was processed so @nprofile…n59y should see a 4,284 refund payment in their NWC wallet - I can share the invoice and preimage for the refund if that's helpful.
The status of each payment split should be visible in the Fountain wallet for NWC transactions - so any user can check in the app and should see a REFUNDED status for any splits that failed. Transaction Reference IDs are also available on the transaction detail page.
If you would like me to check other specific examples - please send an email to hello@fountain.fm with the Transaction Reference ID and I can check them for you.
Let me know if that all makes sense.

2026-05-13 12:22:30 UTC

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not at the moment - but you can go to the /activity tab on web to view latest activity for the show

2026-05-12 19:13:01 UTC

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Yep we have a full podcast hosting platform that distributes to all podcast apps - but is also integrated with nostr for zaps / comments / livestreams that work on any supporting apps.
Happy to give you a demo just ping me an email!
https://fountain.fm/podcasters

2026-05-12 17:39:23 UTC

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Welcome Jake!
Check out @nprofile…ascw for a nostr powered podcast app where you can receive zaps / comments for your episodes that get broadcast to the wider nostr network.
If you need help adding your Lightning Address to your RSS feed - feel free to email me oscar@fountain.fm

2026-05-08 08:15:53 UTC

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Yep this will be coming in the next version 1.5.3 - should be out next week.

2026-05-05 16:06:22 UTC

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@nprofile…n2l0 I think I know what's going wrong - the value time splits are working but the remote feed / item metadata is not being sent properly - I am working on a fix and will let you know when resolved.

2026-05-05 15:20:43 UTC

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@nprofile…n2l0 I am looking into this for you - and I can confirm that value time splits are working as normal.
Can you please let me know what exact keysend TLV info helipad requires to render the remote track references?
(also keysend is dead - no new wallets support it - we will eventually deprecate it)

2026-04-30 19:20:16 UTC

We are LIVE with @nprofile…3vk4
https://fountain.fm/live/k5BOxyi9isDVDWKtyAM7

2026-04-28 16:53:47 UTC

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1.5 should be there on zapstore now

2026-04-28 16:52:56 UTC

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1.5.0 should be there now

2026-04-27 17:43:06 UTC

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Not yet - having some issues with the cli but will get posted today and report back

2026-04-27 17:29:56 UTC

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Fountain 1.5 is now live with a brand new trending feed showcasing which episodes and music your nostr network find valuable.
The new trending feed combines different signals to rank notes including zap value, reactions, and recency to highlight a broad set of recommendations.
We’ve also re-written the backend so feed queries along with comments, threads, and profiles now load much faster.
I’d love to hear your feedback on the new trending feed - especially if you think anything’s missing or we could give more weight to certain things.
#nevent1q…2w92

2026-04-22 06:44:42 UTC

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Great to hear! Let me know if there’s anything you think we could improve with the experience!

2026-04-18 10:40:03 UTC

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Sorry for the disruption guys!
https://fountain.fm/episode/zmkF8op3p5PQdm8QbPUB
#nevent1q…lx6a

2026-04-16 10:03:47 UTC

What is your daily driver nostr client on mobile?

2026-04-10 18:16:18 UTC

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Here's their artist page - https://fountain.fm/artist/Vpo9Nc8zl0egqpDSeMoS

2026-03-13 19:43:51 UTC

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Thanks for reporting - fixed now.

2026-03-13 19:16:20 UTC

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We had some issues with Amber signer prior to latest version 1.4.10 - can you try again with this version?
What’s the most unintuitive thing about the UI for you?

2026-03-13 18:25:27 UTC

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Give us a try would love to hear your feedback!

2026-03-13 18:23:28 UTC

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What version of the app are you using?

2026-03-09 16:20:26 UTC

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Yes you can always download the latest APK from our website - http://fountain.fm/apk
One thing to note is that if you're switching between Play Store version and APK sometimes you need to delete the app first - you won't lose your library when doing this - only downloaded audio.
Let me know if you're still having issues and I can investigate further.

2026-03-07 17:59:05 UTC

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This is the first report like this for the 1.4.9 version. Can you try going to your storage settings and clearing the library cache and see if that helps?
Also did you install from the Google Play store?

2026-03-06 12:24:27 UTC

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Thanks for giving us a try - let me know if you have any feedback!

2026-03-05 23:36:30 UTC

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Thank you @nprofile…8uap 🙏
We are trying to build the best podcast listening experience possible - with episode recommendations from your nostr network natively in the app.
Give your next episode a listen on Fountain and tag me with any feedback!
#nevent1q…z6ty

2026-03-04 16:41:44 UTC

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👀
https://fountain.fm/episode/0A94sbiuWzzMFwYYRAoM

2026-03-03 14:04:01 UTC

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Thanks!

2026-02-27 10:26:04 UTC

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done - let me know if that looks ok to you now

2026-02-26 15:02:03 UTC

@nprofile…ksue is the kind 22236 view event you are using with diVine for analytics documented anywhere?

2026-02-23 14:57:28 UTC

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Yes it is a bit hidden - we've considered playing video by default for episodes with video - but I'm not 100% sure it's the right approach - will try and make the switch to video option more obvious.
On Amber signer - we're aware of an issue that sometimes can affect the remote signer if signing is not set to automatic - we have a fix that should be live in the next 48 hours - version 1.4.9

2026-02-23 14:55:51 UTC

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100% agree - we have something coming very soon that should improve this!

2026-02-23 14:54:54 UTC

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Sorry you experienced this - we've fixed this issue in the latest version - maybe you could give it another try and let me know if it works better for you?

2026-02-23 14:53:48 UTC

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Great feedback - we have something like this coming very soon actually - stay tuned!

2026-02-23 14:51:15 UTC

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Thanks for the feedback!
- On app links - these seem to work fine for me on iOS - are you on iOS or Android? Could you share an example link that didn't work?
- On sats per minute - the minimum is currently 10 sats per minute but we will definitely consider lowering it if (when) the bitcoin price rises considerably
- On playback speed granularity - it's on our roadmap to add more granular options
- On Bluetooth headphone controls - what kind of customisation would you like?

2026-02-22 20:30:16 UTC

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What makes podcasting special is choice - you can listen in any app - and creators can host anywhere or even self-host.
Recently we've seen more podcasters recording video - and last week Apple Podcasts announced they will soon add support for video podcasts.
But what we don't want to see with video podcasts is more walled gardens with platform lock-in.
The good news - there is already an open standard for delivering video versions of episodes - the RSS <podcast:alternateEnclosure> tag. If you host your podcast with Fountain - the video versions of episodes use this tag meaning any app can ingest the video and offer listeners the option to switch to video right from the player.
Apple have historically been good stewards of open podcasting - and I hope that they will adopt the alternate enclosure tag with their video implementation.
In the meantime Fountain will keep building on open standards and demonstrate how video podcasts and other new Podcasting 2.0 features can be built in an open way - https://blog.fountain.fm/p/video-podcasts
We're committed to making the Fountain app the best listening experience for podcasts - please tag me anytime if you have feedback on how we can improve!
#nevent1q…avhv

2026-02-22 20:15:27 UTC

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We already support video on Android - do you no see an option to switch to video from the player on Walker’s episodes?
I will check the Android remote signer flow for you - are you using Amber?

2026-02-22 20:12:28 UTC

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Sorry to hear that - would love to improve things for you - what’s the number one thing you don’t like?

2026-02-22 20:09:37 UTC

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Sorry to hear that - can you share the specific issue you encountered?

2026-02-22 20:07:26 UTC

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Let me know if you have any feedback on the Fountain app experience!

2026-02-22 20:06:22 UTC

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Planning to add this soon

2026-02-22 20:05:18 UTC

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What’s one thing you’d like to see improved with the Fountain experience?

2026-02-22 20:01:54 UTC

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Anything you think we could improve on that would improve the experience compared to Spotify

2026-02-20 18:56:10 UTC

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Great coverage of the Apple Podcasts video integration and excellent interview with Justin.
Lets get Apple adopting Alternate Enclosure!
https://fountain.fm/episode/GrEHL7JMpNRu390VYR1o
#nevent1q…nt4j

2026-02-18 07:33:09 UTC

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What's not working for you?

2026-02-13 15:01:01 UTC

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@nprofile…62he since Wavlake don't support feed redirects - the best thing for Artists if they want to switch to self-hosting is to delete their content from Wavlake after they've setup new feeds on Music Side Project.
However if not done correctly this creates another issue of duplicate artist profiles in Fountain and other apps. Maybe Music Side Project could have an "Import from Existing Feed" function that maintains the publisher, album, and track guids?
The most important thing is that the guids stay the same - if this is the case we can resolve duplicates on our side easily without losing any of the nostr data.

2026-02-13 14:39:58 UTC

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Now setup with V4V!
#nevent1q…wyfu

2026-02-11 18:29:05 UTC

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I'll investigate - are you on the latest version 1.4.8?

2026-02-11 18:15:08 UTC

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We do support Amber remote signer - do you not see this option?

2026-02-11 16:14:52 UTC

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great thanks - will make the switch 👍

2026-02-11 14:01:20 UTC

@nprofile…x58v @nprofile…cr3y I see NIP-27 was changed to use q tags rather than e tags with mention markers - https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1751
Should I go ahead and make this switch now? Is anything to consider in terms support from clients?

2026-02-11 13:58:15 UTC

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This should be fixed on the latest version 1.4.8 - can you let me know if you are seeing any issues on this version?
On sharing to nostr - we removed this option as we're working on more native sharing flow that should be coming soon - for now you can share either the link or the video natively by saving it and then posting from your main nostr client.

2026-02-09 15:14:34 UTC

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yep here - https://fountain.fm/p/npub1qdsjkr46urkg6vqrr3zqhgy8l7dazc5k9hlm5jmwqg0vft7hzgtqamgfw3

2026-02-09 15:11:02 UTC

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Thanks for the feedback - are you on iOS or Android? Were you signing in with your nsec or remote signer?

2026-02-02 14:49:24 UTC

@nprofile…uz3y thanks for fixing notification loading speed on web - super snappy now! 🙌

2026-01-30 15:31:13 UTC

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The NIP-84 spec says this:
"A comment tag may be added to create a quote highlight. This MUST be rendered like a quote repost with the highlight as the quoted note. This is to prevent the creation and multiple notes (highlight + kind 1) for a single highlight action, which looks bad in micro-blogging clients where these notes may appear in succession."
Based on this your highlight share would appear twice in client feeds that follow the spec?
Not saying one way is better than the other but would be great to have alignment between clients on the proper way to share highlights to feeds.

2026-01-30 13:41:40 UTC

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@nprofile…99ej this issue should be fixed in the latest version 1.4.7 - can you update to this version and let me know if you still experience anything like what you reported.

2026-01-29 08:54:57 UTC

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I'll double check this for you and report back

2026-01-28 10:20:10 UTC

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tried zapping from primal web - didn't seem to work

2026-01-22 09:23:32 UTC

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Great rant about Carney 🔥
https://fountain.fm/episode/5QJuJ1C2pOE26U8GIvDs
#nevent1q…qf39

2026-01-21 15:36:28 UTC

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Thanks for having me on @nprofile…f9gl really enjoyed the conversation!

2026-01-20 13:52:06 UTC

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Thanks for the report and sorry to hear you're seeing these issues. We'll investigate with top priority - can you let me know what headphones brand / model you are using?

2026-01-19 13:06:57 UTC

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Yep look out for a new beta version dropping in the next ~24 hours - I'll follow up here as well

2026-01-19 08:21:21 UTC

@nprofile…2ln2 does damus pre-load audio from links in notes that contain og:audio metadata?
It's great that damus renders a play button when these links are shared - but the pre-loading means we have to filter out any download stats for damus because we're not sure they represent real plays.

2026-01-19 08:08:30 UTC

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We have a big update coming to clipping this week - it should be available in beta tomorrow if you want to help test?

2026-01-16 15:44:41 UTC

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Yes we can add this as an option - we already support timestamped episode links on web with the ?t={seconds} so can reuse that for the boost link

2026-01-15 15:42:26 UTC

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@nprofile…rucc are you on the latest version 1.4.6?

2026-01-12 17:22:00 UTC

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Thanks for having me on Avi - looking forward to more episodes with new music!

2026-01-07 09:43:11 UTC

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Test reply to highlight

2026-01-06 18:27:58 UTC

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Very excited to join @nprofile…vkh5 this weekend for the very first Sunday Brunch edition of @nprofile…9mtm.
Come and chill with us as we play open music over open protocols - and hang out in the chat for a laid back discussion.
If you can't make the livestream on Sunday - follow @nprofile…9mtm in your favourite podcast app to hear the recording a few days later.
https://fountain.fm/show/0N6GGdZuYNNG7ysagCg9
#nevent1q…msax

2026-01-06 18:17:56 UTC

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@nprofile…62he gonna try and mix it up between some of the original v4v music uploads and a few newer tracks

2026-01-05 15:58:11 UTC

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hmmm - @nprofile…x58v any idea why the OG tags for this episode link were not rendered? https://www.opengraph.xyz/url/https%3A%2F%2Ffountain.fm%2Fepisode%2F4z03X1qn8Hbl266lYmnV

2026-01-05 14:51:40 UTC

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@nprofile…wfhh we do support this - which client are you viewing this note on? Episode OG image looks good to me on Primal

2026-01-05 14:50:33 UTC

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@nprofile…4llf I would love to give you a demo of our open music hosting product - https://fountain.fm/artists
Do you want to send me an email oscar@fountain.fm and we can find a time?

2025-12-30 14:04:35 UTC

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Interesting - was highlighting on @nprofile…uz3y web - not sure how I did it 6 times ha 😅

2025-12-30 14:03:55 UTC

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Aah ok yes clearing the local cache worked 👍

2025-12-30 12:22:40 UTC

@nprofile…5zd4 @nprofile…tfxn @nprofile…zw5g thanks for the zaps - are you zapping my highlight? Which client did you see the highlight in?

2025-12-30 10:59:22 UTC

@nprofile…uvay we are seeing something weird where different people see different versions of Fountain the site - for example when I visit the site I see an old version 1.4.0 - but others see the latest version 1.4.4 - and others see multiple versions.
Any idea why this might be happening?

2025-12-25 16:07:02 UTC

Merry Christmas Nostr! 🎄

2025-12-24 20:55:37 UTC

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muppet_Treasure_Island

2025-12-23 18:46:51 UTC

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We support NWC now!
#nevent1q…w2s0

2025-12-23 16:12:30 UTC

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Fountain in the Car 🚗 🎄👇
#nevent1q…jm0r

2025-12-22 14:50:42 UTC

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great to hear - we don't have search on iOS CarPlay right now - but coming soon

2025-12-21 17:52:05 UTC

🚘 🎙️ If anyone listens to podcasts mostly in the car - we would love some help testing our new CarPlay / AndroidAuto experience that’s now available in beta with Fountain 1.4.4.
The new Fountain experience in the car is much better than previous versions - but we really need help testing it before general release.
TestFlight / APK beta links are available in our telegram group - https://t.me/+ZMnGthLREYQ3N2Rk
Please do jump in and give it a quick test in the car if you have a spare 5 mins today / tomorrow! 🙏

2025-12-19 18:19:09 UTC

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Aah ok yes I see what you mean - we should display the active timesplits in the splits modal not default - I’ll update this for the next version!

2025-12-19 17:08:27 UTC

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What other improvements would you like to see in your Fountain library?
#nevent1q…tjq8

2025-12-19 15:00:32 UTC

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Yep we're going to add this very soon

2025-12-19 14:58:19 UTC

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done - let me know your feedback on how this works and if there are any other improvements you think we could make:
#nevent1q…tjq8

2025-12-19 14:41:31 UTC

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@nprofile…uveq quick update on this - version 1.4.2 is now live with the option to view shows in your library as a grid view - and tapping on a show in your library takes you straight to the filtered episode list - making it quicker to find saved episodes for one of your shows and filter based on download, starred, or custom filter tag.
We're still exploring moving the queue to a separate tab - it's a bigger change so requires more thought.
Anyway let me know what you think of this new shows layout and if you have any additional feedback.
#nevent1q…tjq8

2025-12-17 10:44:27 UTC

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Sorry yes this is a bug with the current version 1.4.1 where the active item position was not always passed into the boost payment request. Fix has been implemented and new version 1.4.2 should be live in the next 24 hours pending app store approvals.
Are The Retrograde on nostr?

2025-12-15 18:20:30 UTC

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nice!

2025-12-15 18:16:17 UTC

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Aah yes I see what you mean and that this is annoying - what if we went straight to the episodes list if you tapped on a show from your library?

2025-12-15 18:14:01 UTC

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Thank you for the detailed feedback - really appreciate it.
On Episode Sorting - although the default sort is "Latest episodes" - it's actually sorted by date added - so if you manually add an episode the is older it will go to the top. We're going to work on adding more sort options.
On premium signup not working - what device / os are you using?
On show page tile option - just to confirm do you mean viewing your list of shows as a grid of images without text?
On queue as main tab - we are exploring this - hopefully can share more soon.
On pod link as default link shares - if podlink expose the podcast guids somehow which I think they might - then we could do this and still have the shares display in our feeds.
Let me know if you think of anything else.

2025-12-14 12:15:03 UTC

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Fix is now live in version 1.4.1

2025-12-13 13:33:10 UTC

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Please do and tag me if there's anything you think we could do to improve!

2025-12-13 13:30:17 UTC

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Great to hear!
On the streaming sats amount per minute - you can set this to whatever you like from either the streaming indicator at the top of the player - or the payment settings page.
Let me know if you have any other feedback!

2025-12-13 13:25:19 UTC

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Thanks for reporting this - we have fixed the issue which was isolated to setting custom amounts on subscriptions - a new version 1.4.1 should be live in the next 24 hours with the fix

2025-12-12 19:11:38 UTC

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Let me know how you get on!

2025-12-12 19:07:33 UTC

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great to hear on NWC working well - on the Amber issue - we'll do some testing on account switching with Amber and I'll follow up as soon as I have more info
in the meantime if you email me oscar@fountain.fm with your userid I can maybe just delete the nostr account connection and you can re-connect?