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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===		===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===
	In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints\|title=Pocket Casts is showing ads to people who paid for an ad-free app\|first=Jess\|last=Weatherbed\|date=2025-09-24\|work=TheVerge\|access-date=2025-09-26}}</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923\|title=The new advertisements seriously suck.\|work=Pocket Casts Forum\|date=2025-09-08\|access-date=2025-09-26\|author=jofzar \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251022090645/https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/ \|archive-date=22 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055\|title=Ads despite being a paid customer\|author=gmcmillan3\|work=Pocket Casts Forum\|date=2025-09-23\|access-date=2025-09-26 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250927003249/https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/ \|archive-date=27 Sep 2025}}</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405\|title=Howdy! There might be a misunderstanding: Anyone who has ever paid for Pocket Casts, even before Automattic acquired it, should not see ads. If you did, that's a bug and we'll fix it.\|author=photomatt\|date=2025-09-23\|work=YCombinator Hacker News\|access-date=2025-09-26 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250927003312/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405 \|archive-date=27 Sep 2025}}</ref>.		In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints\|title=Pocket Casts is showing ads to people who paid for an ad-free app\|first=Jess\|last=Weatherbed\|date=2025-09-24\|work=TheVerge\|access-date=2025-09-26 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260215114710/https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints \|archive-date=15 Feb 2026}}</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923\|title=The new advertisements seriously suck.\|work=Pocket Casts Forum\|date=2025-09-08\|access-date=2025-09-26\|author=jofzar \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251022090645/https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/ \|archive-date=22 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055\|title=Ads despite being a paid customer\|author=gmcmillan3\|work=Pocket Casts Forum\|date=2025-09-23\|access-date=2025-09-26 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250927003249/https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/ \|archive-date=27 Sep 2025}}</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405\|title=Howdy! There might be a misunderstanding: Anyone who has ever paid for Pocket Casts, even before Automattic acquired it, should not see ads. If you did, that's a bug and we'll fix it.\|author=photomatt\|date=2025-09-23\|work=YCombinator Hacker News\|access-date=2025-09-26 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250927003312/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405 \|archive-date=27 Sep 2025}}</ref>.
	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''{{wplink\|Pocket Casts\|Pocket Casts}}''' is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://pocketcasts.com/\|title=Listen to podcasts with the best free podcasting app - built by listeners, for listeners - Pocket Casts\|access-date=2025-09-26\|work=Pocket Casts}}</ref>.		'''{{wplink\|Pocket Casts\|Pocket Casts}}''' is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://pocketcasts.com/\|title=Listen to podcasts with the best free podcasting app - built by listeners, for listeners - Pocket Casts\|access-date=2025-09-26\|work=Pocket Casts \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260124124852/https://pocketcasts.com/ \|archive-date=24 Jan 2026}}</ref>.
	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==
	{{Ph-C-CIS}}		{{Ph-C-CIS}}
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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===		===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===
	In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints\|title=Pocket Casts is showing ads to people who paid for an ad-free app\|first=Jess\|last=Weatherbed\|date=2025-09-24\|work=TheVerge\|access-date=2025-09-26}}</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923\|title=The new advertisements seriously suck.\|work=Pocket Casts Forum\|date=2025-09-08\|access-date=2025-09-26\|author=jofzar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055\|title=Ads despite being a paid customer\|author=gmcmillan3\|work=Pocket Casts Forum\|date=2025-09-23\|access-date=2025-09-26}}</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405\|title=Howdy! There might be a misunderstanding: Anyone who has ever paid for Pocket Casts, even before Automattic acquired it, should not see ads. If you did, that's a bug and we'll fix it.\|author=photomatt\|date=2025-09-23\|work=YCombinator Hacker News\|access-date=2025-09-26}}</ref>.		In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints\|title=Pocket Casts is showing ads to people who paid for an ad-free app\|first=Jess\|last=Weatherbed\|date=2025-09-24\|work=TheVerge\|access-date=2025-09-26}}</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923\|title=The new advertisements seriously suck.\|work=Pocket Casts Forum\|date=2025-09-08\|access-date=2025-09-26\|author=jofzar \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251022090645/https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/ \|archive-date=22 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055\|title=Ads despite being a paid customer\|author=gmcmillan3\|work=Pocket Casts Forum\|date=2025-09-23\|access-date=2025-09-26 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250927003249/https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/ \|archive-date=27 Sep 2025}}</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405\|title=Howdy! There might be a misunderstanding: Anyone who has ever paid for Pocket Casts, even before Automattic acquired it, should not see ads. If you did, that's a bug and we'll fix it.\|author=photomatt\|date=2025-09-23\|work=YCombinator Hacker News\|access-date=2025-09-26 \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250927003312/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405 \|archive-date=27 Sep 2025}}</ref>.
	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''Pocket Casts''' is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://pocketcasts.com/\|title=Listen to podcasts with the best free podcasting app - built by listeners, for listeners - Pocket Casts\|access-date=2025-09-26\|work=Pocket Casts}}</ref>.		'''{{wplink\|Pocket Casts\|Pocket Casts}}''' is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://pocketcasts.com/\|title=Listen to podcasts with the best free podcasting app - built by listeners, for listeners - Pocket Casts\|access-date=2025-09-26\|work=Pocket Casts}}</ref>.
	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==
	{{Ph-C-CIS}}		{{Ph-C-CIS}}

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	'''Pocket Casts''' is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>.		'''Pocket Casts''' is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://pocketcasts.com/\|title=Listen to podcasts with the best free podcasting app - built by listeners, for listeners - Pocket Casts\|access-date=2025-09-26\|work=Pocket Casts}}</ref>.
	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==
			{{Ph-C-CIS}}

	*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]		*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]
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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===		===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===
	In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923</ref><ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405</ref>.		In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints\|title=Pocket Casts is showing ads to people who paid for an ad-free app\|first=Jess\|last=Weatherbed\|date=2025-09-24\|work=TheVerge\|access-date=2025-09-26}}</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923\|title=The new advertisements seriously suck.\|work=Pocket Casts Forum\|date=2025-09-08\|access-date=2025-09-26\|author=jofzar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055\|title=Ads despite being a paid customer\|author=gmcmillan3\|work=Pocket Casts Forum\|date=2025-09-23\|access-date=2025-09-26}}</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405\|title=Howdy! There might be a misunderstanding: Anyone who has ever paid for Pocket Casts, even before Automattic acquired it, should not see ads. If you did, that's a bug and we'll fix it.\|author=photomatt\|date=2025-09-23\|work=YCombinator Hacker News\|access-date=2025-09-26}}</ref>.
	==See also==		==See also==

TrollToll at 04:28, 25 September 2025

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===		===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===
	~~{{Main\|link to the main CR Wiki article}}~~
	In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923</ref><ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405</ref>.		In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923</ref><ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405</ref>.
	==See also==		==See also==

TrollToll at 16:28, 24 September 2025

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	Pocket Casts is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>.		'''Pocket Casts''' is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>.
	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

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	* Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]		*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
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	==See also==		==See also==

	* [[Netflix]]		*[[Netflix]]
			*[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]

	==References==		==References==

TrollToll at 16:17, 24 September 2025

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	Pocket Casts is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>.		Pocket Casts is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>.
	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==
	~~The company that bought the Pocket Casts app~~, ~~Automattic, reneged on its promise to never show ads to Lifetime purchasers of the app.~~
			* Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
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	In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923</ref><ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405</ref>.		In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923</ref><ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405</ref>.
	==See also==		==See also==
	[[Netflix]]
			* [[Netflix]]

	==References==		==References==

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	In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923</ref><ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405</ref>.		In September 2025, the parent company Automattic changed the app to display advertisements to users who had purchased a lifetime license for the Pocket Casts app<ref>https://www.theverge.com/news/784429/pocket-casts-ads-lifetime-memberships-complaints</ref>. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app<ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/the-new-advertisements-seriously-suck/#post-10923</ref><ref>https://forums.pocketcasts.com/forums/topic/ads-despite-being-a-paid-customer/#post-11055</ref>. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug<ref>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354405</ref>.
	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{Ph-C-SA}}~~		[[Netflix]]

	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

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