Pocket Casts: Difference between revisions

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Pocket Casts is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>.

==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==

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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>.

==See also==

[[Netflix]]

* [[Netflix]]

==References==

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 Pocket Casts is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>.
 ==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==
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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>.
 ==See also==
-[[Netflix]]
+* [[Netflix]]
 ==References==