Podkicker Pro: Difference between revisions

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The development rights to the app were bought by Maple Media LLC in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Android app Podkicker has been sold to player.fm/Maple Media |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/hwaobp/android_app_podkicker_has_been_sold_to/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 Mar 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230616084149/https://old.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/hwaobp/android_app_podkicker_has_been_sold_to/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2023}}</ref>

==Incidents==

On 13 March 2025, the Pro version of the app was updated to show prominent animated banner ads and open repeated popups at the user when the screen is touched. The banners are for miscellaneous App Store games and the popups invite the user to join a [[Subscription service|subscription model]] to remove these ads. This is in spite of the user having [[~~Retroactively amended~~ purchase|previously purchased]] the paid version of the app on the specific basis it would be ad-free.

On 13 March 2025, the Pro version of the app was updated to show prominent animated banner ads and open repeated popups at the user when the screen is touched. The banners are for miscellaneous App Store games and the popups invite the user to join a [[Subscription service|subscription model]] to remove these ads. This is in spite of the user having [[Post-purchase EULA modification|previously purchased]] the paid version of the app on the specific basis it would be ad-free.

The subscription fee requested is £9.49 per year, with recurring billing, as of 14 March 2025, just to use the app on the same terms the user already bought it. This is claimed to represent a reduction from £55.08 despite no subscription fee having previously existed.

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 The development rights to the app were bought by Maple Media LLC in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Android app Podkicker has been sold to player.fm/Maple Media |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/hwaobp/android_app_podkicker_has_been_sold_to/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 Mar 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230616084149/https://old.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/hwaobp/android_app_podkicker_has_been_sold_to/ |archive-date=16 Jun 2023}}</ref>
 ==Incidents==
-On 13 March 2025, the Pro version of the app was updated to show prominent animated banner ads and open repeated popups at the user when the screen is touched. The banners are for miscellaneous App Store games and the popups invite the user to join a  [[Subscription service|subscription model]] to remove these ads. This is in spite of the user having [[Retroactively amended purchase|previously purchased]] the paid version of the app on the specific basis it would be ad-free.
+On 13 March 2025, the Pro version of the app was updated to show prominent animated banner ads and open repeated popups at the user when the screen is touched. The banners are for miscellaneous App Store games and the popups invite the user to join a  [[Subscription service|subscription model]] to remove these ads. This is in spite of the user having [[Post-purchase EULA modification|previously purchased]] the paid version of the app on the specific basis it would be ad-free.
 The subscription fee requested is £9.49 per year, with recurring billing, as of 14 March 2025, just to use the app on the same terms the user already bought it. This is claimed to represent a reduction from £55.08 despite no subscription fee having previously existed.