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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== | ||
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*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== | ||
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Pocket Casts
| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| Release Year | 2011 |
| Product Type | Software |
| In Production | Yes |
| Official Website | https://pocketcasts.com/ |
Pocket Casts is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web[1].
Consumer-impact summary
- Business Model: Streaming service content, advertising overload
Incidents
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[2]. Support staff responded to complaints justifying the change as necessary to provide ongoing support and development of the app[3][4]. Later, the CEO posted on Hacker News claiming that showing ads to users that had purchased a lifetime subscription was a bug[5].
See also
References
- ↑ "Listen to podcasts with the best free podcasting app - built by listeners, for listeners - Pocket Casts". Pocket Casts. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ Weatherbed, Jess (2025-09-24). "Pocket Casts is showing ads to people who paid for an ad-free app". TheVerge. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ jofzar (2025-09-08). "The new advertisements seriously suck". Pocket Casts Forum. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ gmcmillan3 (2025-09-23). "Ads despite being a paid customer". Pocket Casts Forum. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ photomatt (2025-09-23). "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". YCombinator Hacker News. Retrieved 2025-09-26.