SUMMARY
First of all: thank you guys for this app, which generally does the job! It has a beautiful, simple interface, powerful podcast search, and integrates well into the Plasma environment.

However, there are a number of bugs, including:
- the Qt-multimedia audio engine stops after a while (especially when streaming audio)
- integration with the multimedia applet in the thumbnail box is difficult (the control slider is buggy)
- and others that have already been reported...

I was able to find a balance by choosing VLC and podcast downloading for continuous listening and interaction with the Plasma desktop without any issues.

Here, I'm reporting a functional absence of Kasts:
the app lacks an option to automatically launch at system startup, minimized to the thumbnail box.

I added it to the "Autostart" section of Settings to launch at system boot. But you have to systematically minimize the window manually, which is annoying.

If there's an option (--hide) to customize kasts.desktop, I'm all ears!

Sincerely,