Remove 'Enqueue downloaded' setting (always enqueue upon successful download) about antennapod HOT 4 OPEN

This issue has been mentioned on AntennaPod Forum. There might be relevant details there:

https://forum.antennapod.org/t/new-episode-action-enhancement/3871/1

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This sounds like you are also against adding an option to "do not add playing episodes to the queue" #4339, right?

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Hmm, there seem to be some users who even want to expand the setting: #1519 #3142

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This sounds like you are also against adding an option to "do not add playing episodes to the queue" #4339, right?

No, not necessarily against that. Actually, this makes me think: it is indeed a valid scenario: manually curate a queue, download or play something that's unrelated to the queue and not want that added to the queue. At the same time: how many users actually manually curate their queue, how many don't use the queue, and how many just let auto-download fill the queue?

I somehow feel that few people manually curate queues, in which case both settings are not necessary.

• Would be interesting to spread a survey via the app to ask these kind of questions.
• Instead, to test, in an update we could change the setting on for all users, and see the reaction if any. Then we'll know if it can be removed safely.

But if we keep this setting, I would be in favour of having a single 'Enqueue downloaded and played' setting (rather than two separate ones).

Hmm, there seem to be some users who even want to expand the setting: #1519 #3142

I think that #1519 can be closed (and #3142 can remain closed):

• The request is made in context of news vs non-news type of podcasts. This typology is discussed already before and covered through other requests (overview on forum).
• As previous maintainers already noted, we have to strike a balance. The reason for the request (queue is only for news podcasts which release daily, and 'irregular' podcasts should not end up in the queue) is quite a particular one, I would say opposite of 'normal' use.
• The OP also notes that podcast-based continuous playback (covered in #1533) could be a solution to their problem.
• The last comment from another user brings a somewhat valid use-case (download a whole bunch of episode, manually create each morning for the commute), although
  • instead of downloading in advance, they could download while curating
  • their problem would most likely be solved also through custom queues: #2648

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