Updated Pocket Casts to the latest beta (7.97-rc-1) and got these stupid fucking banner ads on top

  • misery mansion@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Stopped using it years ago when they redesigned it completely. I remember people HATED it, but they really did make it worse.

    I use Podcast Addict instead which isn’t perfect but looks like it has more features that I use than Antenna Pod

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 hours ago

      I paid for Pocket Casts years ago. Then shortly after, they announced it was going to be free. I think I got a refund. Don’t remember.

      I can’t say I’m surprised at this decision to stuff it with ads. Gotta pay for development somehow, and unfortunately they took the easy route, i.e. data collection and ads.

    • Perspectivist@feddit.uk
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      14 hours ago

      I don’t even remember what they did when I bailed. Some redesign thing close to a decade ago. I’ve been using Podcast Republic ever since as it resembles what Pocket Cast was like before they screwed it up.