Audible: Audio Entertainment

This review is an update to my original review several years ago... I loved the Audible app and have used it for years as I mentioned but it has been deteriorating over the last couple years. It now frustrates me at a higher frequency than it brings me joy. It can't seem to remember which books I've finished, it tries to sell me books that are already in my library and for some unknown reason some books that I've read already are no longer in my library. There are even more issues...

Fix the damn app so it will keep playing whatever I'm listening to WITHOUT STOPPING until I hit pause, PLEASE!! I go back into the app on my screen, which I shouldn't have to do in the first place, and not only has the playback stopped, but the book I was listening to isn't even loaded in the player anymore. Navigating through all this takes like a minute on this phone. By a fair estimate you are collecting over $4B annually from your subscribers; why can't you make this app work right?

I used to love this app, but lately, it's been driving me crazy. Regardless of the settings, it starts on its own, both in the car and when I'm using earbuds. I've tried turning off the auto start setting, but it does no good. It frequently stops when I'm listening with my earbuds while walking, and this week, it has decided to restart my book from the beginning when I get in the car - 3 times! Then it takes about 30 minutes of advancing the book 30 seconds at a time to get back to where I off.

Books not downloading, have been fighting for a good 30 min to an hour to get anything to download. App has devolved into utter rubbish, but hey it has AI now, that's what we all really want right? The problems with the app are persistent and dont seem to be a priority to fix. It still randomly closes while listening as well. Takes forever to load if not connected to internet and books will randomly forget they are downloaded, forcing a long fight to redownload. Use at own risk!

Terrible app. The only reason to use the service is the Monopoly Amazon has on the market. I don't think I have gotten more than a week and a half without the app deleting everything that's been downloaded. New problem has started recently, app keeps "starting you where you left off on another device" which sounds great if it meant that you start at the most recent place you stopped listening. what audible is doing is moving me back to where I was at 8am, making it impossible to advance.