Pocket Casts backtracks, giving paid customers lifetime access to its app

Pocket Casts says it missed the mark when it comes to its previous plans about access to Pocket Casts on desktops and the web.



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Pocket Casts will now provide lifetime access on the web and desktop to customers that paid for access to those apps.
This comes after Pocket Casts announced a switch to a new subscription model this week.
The change is in response to backlash from users around the web.
Pocket Casts changed its plans for users that previously purchased access to the web or desktop versions of its app. Now, users that paid for the apps will receive lifetime access them. In a blog post titled "We Heard You", Pocket Casts CEO, Owen Grover, announced that the company has updated its plans.

When Pocket Casts announced that its mobile app would be free, the company also announced that desktop and web users would need a subscription. The company offered three years of Pocket Casts Plus for users who had previously purchased the app, but this did not prevent ...