I remember Pocket Casts tried to take away lifetime purchases until people complained about it and they went 'fuck it' and gave people memberships that lasted 100 years or something. They did it before they had time to rebrand it as a 'Lifetime Member' in the GUI so good on them for fixing it so fast I guess.

I love it as an app but I'm not sure what it's like for new users that can't get lifetime memberships.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (7 children)

I bought pocket casts for like $4 a very long time ago. I'm not sure what you're talking about, and the app says I have a free account. What is the difference in buying the app and subscribing to it?

[–] Tilgare@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I only came along after Google podcasts announced that it was sunsetting, so I don't know what the lifetime membership entailed. But I have no need for any of the paid features they offer, so I'm happy to remain a free member. I don't really understand why I would need cloud storage... from my podcast app... and on pc, I just run the Pocket Cast app in an Android emulator since for some reason you can't use a web browser without a subscription. Completely mystifying decision, but I'm not paying $4 a month for it.

[–] srecko@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I use cloud storage for audiobooks. It syncs my progress across devices. That's the reason I bought the app (and got lifetime subscription later).

[–] Tilgare@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Oh very cool - that's a very good use case that I hadn't considered!

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