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|Company=Automattic<br />
|ProductLine=Pocket Casts<br />
|ReleaseYear=2011<br />
|InProduction=Yes<br />
|ArticleType=Product<br />
|Category=Software<br />
|Logo=1200px-Pocket Casts icon.svg.png<br />
|Website=https://pocketcasts.com/<br />
|Description=Podcast player<br />
}}<br />
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'''Pocket Casts''' is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>. <br />
==Consumer-impact summary==<br />
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*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]<br />
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==Incidents==<br />
===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===<br />
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>.<br />
==See also==<br />
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*[[Netflix]]<br />
*[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>TrollTollhttps://mirror.consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Pocket_Casts&diff=25606Pocket Casts2025-09-24T16:28:54Z<p>TrollToll: </p>
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<div>{{ProductCargo<br />
|Company=Automattic<br />
|ProductLine=Pocket Casts<br />
|ReleaseYear=2011<br />
|InProduction=Yes<br />
|ArticleType=Product<br />
|Category=Software<br />
|Logo=1200px-Pocket Casts icon.svg.png<br />
|Website=https://pocketcasts.com/<br />
|Description=Podcast player<br />
}}<br />
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'''Pocket Casts''' is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>. <br />
==Consumer-impact summary==<br />
<br />
*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]<br />
<br />
==Incidents==<br />
===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===<br />
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}<br />
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>.<br />
==See also==<br />
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*[[Netflix]]<br />
*[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>TrollTollhttps://mirror.consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Pocket_Casts&diff=25605Pocket Casts2025-09-24T16:28:30Z<p>TrollToll: added samsung ads in refrigerators as a see also link</p>
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<div>{{ProductCargo<br />
|Company=Automattic<br />
|ProductLine=Pocket Casts<br />
|ReleaseYear=2011<br />
|InProduction=Yes<br />
|ArticleType=Product<br />
|Category=Software<br />
|Logo=1200px-Pocket Casts icon.svg.png<br />
|Website=https://pocketcasts.com/<br />
|Description=Podcast player<br />
}}<br />
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Pocket Casts is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>. <br />
==Consumer-impact summary==<br />
<br />
*Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]<br />
<br />
==Incidents==<br />
===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===<br />
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}<br />
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>.<br />
==See also==<br />
<br />
*[[Netflix]]<br />
*[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>TrollTollhttps://mirror.consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Pocket_Casts&diff=25604Pocket Casts2025-09-24T16:17:53Z<p>TrollToll: </p>
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<div>{{ProductCargo<br />
|Company=Automattic<br />
|ProductLine=Pocket Casts<br />
|ReleaseYear=2011<br />
|InProduction=Yes<br />
|ArticleType=Product<br />
|Category=Software<br />
|Logo=1200px-Pocket Casts icon.svg.png<br />
|Website=https://pocketcasts.com/<br />
|Description=Podcast player<br />
}}<br />
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Pocket Casts is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>. <br />
==Consumer-impact summary==<br />
<br />
* Business Model: Streaming service content, [[advertising overload]]<br />
<br />
==Incidents==<br />
===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===<br />
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}<br />
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>.<br />
==See also==<br />
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* [[Netflix]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>TrollTollhttps://mirror.consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Pocket_Casts&diff=25603Pocket Casts2025-09-24T16:17:01Z<p>TrollToll: add netflix link</p>
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<div>{{ProductCargo<br />
|Company=Automattic<br />
|ProductLine=Pocket Casts<br />
|ReleaseYear=2011<br />
|InProduction=Yes<br />
|ArticleType=Product<br />
|Category=Software<br />
|Logo=1200px-Pocket Casts icon.svg.png<br />
|Website=https://pocketcasts.com/<br />
|Description=Podcast player<br />
}}<br />
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Pocket Casts is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>. <br />
==Consumer-impact summary==<br />
The company that bought the Pocket Casts app, Automattic, reneged on its promise to never show ads to Lifetime purchasers of the app.<br />
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==Incidents==<br />
===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===<br />
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}<br />
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>.<br />
==See also==<br />
[[Netflix]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]</div>TrollTollhttps://mirror.consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Pocket_Casts&diff=25601Pocket Casts2025-09-24T16:05:14Z<p>TrollToll: </p>
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|Company=Automattic<br />
|ProductLine=Pocket Casts<br />
|ReleaseYear=2011<br />
|InProduction=Yes<br />
|ArticleType=Product<br />
|Category=Software<br />
|Logo=1200px-Pocket Casts icon.svg.png<br />
|Website=https://pocketcasts.com/<br />
|Description=Podcast player<br />
}}<br />
<br />
Pocket Casts is a podcast player for Android, iOS, and Web<ref>https://pocketcasts.com/</ref>. <br />
==Consumer-impact summary==<br />
The company that bought the Pocket Casts app, Automattic, reneged on its promise to never show ads to Lifetime purchasers of the app.<br />
<br />
==Incidents==<br />
===Showing advertisements to Champion/Lifetime users (''September 2025'')===<br />
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}<br />
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>.<br />
==See also==<br />
{{Ph-C-SA}}<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==Consumer-impact summary==<br />
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===Example incident one (''date'')===<br />
{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}<br />
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