The only two that have been good to me and still going strong is Plex and PocketCasts with their lifetime memberships. That was a good deal. But too many to name that turned out to absolutely not lifetime. GPS systems definitely the worst culprits.

[–] DLSantini@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait, do we actually get something for our old lifetime Pocketcasts licenses? Because I remember when they switched the app to being free, with any extra features being locked behind a subscription, existing licenses holders got... not anything, as far as I remember. I've been using the app daily for years now, and have no reason to give it up, but I don't feel like having bought the license back in the day is getting me anything extra over what a new free-tier user is getting now. Am I missing something?

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

https://support.pocketcasts.com/knowledge-base/lifetime-access-to-pocket-casts-plus/

Apparently lifetime only applies to the web app or something.

I have never heard of that app so I don't know much.

[–] aulin@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I was so close to buying PocketCasts' lifetime license, and then they switched to subscription-only. Still salty about it, because it's the best podcatcher by far!

[–] andrew@radiation.party 1 points 7 months ago

Plex has been good to me but I grow ever more concerned that they will drop lifetime Plex pass features as they become more focused on being a provider of media and not just a streaming middleman.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Huh. Years ago I tried pocket casts, podcast addict, and podcast republic. I chose republic since it fitted my usage better. They have not gone subscription. I bought the app once years ago and that's been it. I'm not sure if the free version is ad supported.

I would have been very disappointed had I bought pocket casts and then found I was locked out of some features later. I have dropped other apps that did that, after leaving them bad reviews