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I personally have lifetime plus due to having bought the app early on. I still use it regularly but don’t use the fancy web interface.
Same here. I have lifetime plus from having bought it ages ago, but I’ve simply just defaulted to listening to podcasts on my Nextcloud News app out of convenience. It has a play and pause button, and that’s mostly all I need from my podcast app.
Remember when they went back on their promise that the $10 would be permanent premium? Then went on a rant about how they shouldn’t honor those purchases. I stopped using them right then and there, even if I was grandfathered in.
Yep. I did appreciate when they reversed course though. App seems to have been sold a few times since then.
Ya I bought the lifetime subscription years ago when they still offered it so I’m basically grandfathered into that thankfully. Idk if I could justify a recurring subscription for a podcast app.
No thank you. I’m perfectly happy with Podcast Addict.
Yeah, Addict is great for what it is especially for thr price. Paying that much for basically a nothingburger seems weird?
Yes, I am not sure who this is targeted to exactly - there are so many better ways to consume podcasts and the other content they mention, for less money, or free in many cases. I had purchased Pocket Casts years ago before they went free, then sold out to PBS, was still free, and now this - seems like just dying to piece together a business model that’s is doomed to fail (again).
I’m one of the people who doesn’t listen to podcasts very much and therefore doesn’t need any extended features that would require me to pay for an app.
As long as the app has a play/pause button, and rewind/fast forward buttons, then that’s all I need lol
I listen to podcasts daily and have 107 days of listening time in pocketcasts over the span of years, but honestly their premium features just aren’t worth the cost, even at the cheaper level. I paid in the past because it’s a great app but realized I basically never used the paid features and stopped.
I think a lot of people who were also paying just to support a great app are going to second guess if theyre actually using those paid features with the price hike.
What does it even add? A desktop app and themes for $40
The value for the price doesn’t seem there to me..
Edit: existing subscribers seem to be grandfathered in at their usual price.
It was fine at $10 because you could sync with desktop.
At $40 it’s stupid, plus I already switched to Google podcasts which is at least as good since they changed the ui.
That’s quite the price jump. I wonder why it’s such a severe jump.
I left pocket casts before they went the sub model. antennapod is my app of choice and works perfectly.
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Used to love pocket casts but I switched to antennapod after they basically changed the whole app into something that made no sense to me.
Would never pay a subscription to listen to podcasts personally.
You inspired me to look at antennapod and within 10 minutes pocket casts was uninstalled.
Been using pocket casts since the beginning but starting to get fed up with apps wanting more and more of my money.
It’s a good app especially for free. It did take me a week or so to adjust and customise it how I like things but it does the job pretty well.
Well, crap. This feels like the first sign that the app is going to die when it doesn’t get enough money out of this price hike.
What’s a good open alternative?
AntennaPod is open source and pretty good if you’re on Android. Podcast Addict isn’t open source (I don’t think) and it’s not as pretty but it’ll be the most powerful podcast app you ever use.
Pocketcasts is definitely a better overall app experience, however, that still didn’t stop me from switching to AntennaPod well over a year ago. It’s a solid app and one of the best FOSS app projects around.
No regrets. I just wish I could manually sort podcasts on the subscription page.
AntennaPod is the best. I have 1432 hours on it since 2018.
Giving this a go now. Thanks.
Interestingly, it turns out Pocket Casts is also open source (thanks cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone). I’m not sure the added features from Plus are available from other apps at the moment?
Thanks… giving AntennaPod a try…
Yeah, this seems like a steep increase. I can’t imagine they’re expecting many folks to actually pay this amount.
I mean Pocket Casts is already open source. If they end support for it, you can just fork it.
https://blog.pocketcasts.com/2022/10/19/pocket-casts-mobile-apps-are-now-open-source/
You know, I hadn’t even realized this. That’s great. Here’s their GitHub!
A shame it’s no longer owned by NPR
One of the reasons I switched podcast apps, it was switching hands so much didn’t know where it was going to end up.
NPR actually lost a lot of money on that deal
I like podcast republic. Lots of control.
Try Podcast Republic. It has multi-device syncing and a lot of other great options.
Any way to get the logo of the podcast to show like from Pocket Casts?
Edit: Apparently by default it only downloads over wifi, nevermind!
I left when they changed the interface to what ever abomination it is now. You used to be able to basically filter folders e.g. ttrpg actule plays, music, talk shows etc. chronologically wheather or not you’ve listened to it before. I should have switched to some open source alternative but I went with google again likely to get burned. Any recommendations?
Tbh you might be able to come back go pocket casts. They added a bunch of functionality back over time. Can’t remember what it used to be like anymore, but it works for me.
I have a free account and do have access to the filters. You can filter by podcast, started/not started, duration, etc. It may still not work for your needs though.
Do folks accessing for free have the ability to speed up playback? I love that feature.
Yep!
Yup they do.
I had bought it outright so I have the “lifetime subscription” after the uproar when the introduced this subscription model. This rate hike has me a little worried though they may go back on that and force purchasers to pony up for the subscription as well to get short term profits up (albeit at a reduced rate for like 3 months or so, as is standard with this sort of thing).
The original plan was 2 years for people who bought it, only after backlash did they give out the lifetime subscriptions.
Eh I doubt it. We are a dying breed at this point 😄
Holy shit that price is just insane. No one is going to be willing to pay that when Spotify is cheaper by a lot…
Spotify is 10 a month for a normal subscription, so Pocket Casts is roughly a third of that for one year. I don’t like Spotify for podcasts at all but it is a big part of the service nowadays. Still awfully expensive for Pocket Casts when you consider that it is just for podcasts and no music - unlike Spotify.
You don’t need to pay for the subscription to use PocketCasts for podcasts. There is a free version that does everything you would need it to.
I know, I’ve been using it for years.
Do people really use Spotify for podcasts? I don’t find it a great experience. Pocket Casts seems to be solid as a free app along with other alternatives (including open-source).
I use Spotify for podcasts, though if the rumors of them increasing their sub is true, I’ll be swapping to open source alternative’s.
Look at AntennaPod. Pretty app like Pocket Casts but is completely free and open source.
Already downloaded, cheers!
Just discovered yesterday that the Pocket Casts apps are also open source!
I’m pretty sure the only people who use Spotify for podcasts are unvaccinated Roganites
Just here to say fuck Dax Shepherd for being a Spotify exclusive podcaster.
It’s the only reason my family plan hasn’t been migrated, really. I don’t want to deal with that fall out.
Excited to here Dax has a podcast but also sad since I won’t be listening to it.
Seriously. I have the Spotify app installed just to listen to his occasional podcast. It’s inspired me to start writing a self hosted app that will archive all your podcasts locally so next time a podcaster decides to sell out I won’t lost their back catalog. And then I also have a place to stream their newer stuff that I figure out a way to pirate.
The podcast market is in an extremely precarious state due to giant corporations like I heart media and spotify trying to insert themselves into the market, implement Chokepoints with exclusive content, and finally extinguish open alternatives.
BeyondPod on android
Man, that beyond pod UI feels right out If jelly bean or kit Kat.
Beyond Pod hasn’t been updated since January 2021. It used to be the best podcast app by far, but is now quite buggy and broken on newer versions of Android.
AntennaPod is what I use now. A fantastic app that is free, no ads, and completely open source.
I’ll give antennapod a try. Thanks!
Any recs for a podcast app that has wearOS support??
Pretty sure Pocket Casts now has a Wear OS app, saw it in their Play Store listing a few days ago.
Yep and it actually works well! I’m looking for an alternative that’s not behind a pricey subscription model
Or a player than syncs to a website or desktop app? I mainly listen on my phone, but would like to be able to listen on my pc from time to time and would like the PC and android app to stay in sync.
I suspect these are Pocket Cast niches. If you’re already subscribed, your pricing should stay the same.
I use the free app right now
I’m still sitting here with DoggCatcher. Not exactly a pretty app, feels like an app from more than 10 years ago, as it hasn’t really changed since then.
But it does what I want it to, with some minor hiccups one in a blue moon. Hasn’t frustrated me to the point where I feel like switching.
And while it’s not pretty, it does work.
Look at AntennaPod. Pretty app like Pocket Casts but is completely free and open source.
