Pocket Casts Web Player Is Now Available to All, No Subscription Required.
In a rare recent example of a product becoming more affordable (rather than moving full-speed in the opposite direction), the popular podcast service Pocket Casts no longer requires a subscription to access its web player and desktop apps.
Before Tuesday's announcement, you could listen for free on the Pocket Casts Android and iOS apps, but its web player and desktop apps required a premium subscription starting at $4 monthly or $40 annually. Now, you can check in with your favorite podcasters on your Mac or PC without paying a dime.
Pocket Casts makes its web player and desktop apps usable without a subscription(au.news.yahoo.com)
Some perhaps reasons to use Pocket Casts over Spotify:
- Queue management and being able to hide completed episodes.
- Listen to private ad free podcast feeds.
- One tap to open music app for music, one tap to open podcast app for podcasts.
- Now open source(blog.pocketcasts.com).
via trixieb at OzBargain(ozbargain.com.au)
I bought this paid app on Android years ago and then they made it a subscription model and I lost access.