Wow do people on this thread have their panties in a twist. PocketCasts is an amazing service that has been worth a lot more to me than the one time purchase I made for it years ago. It deserves a subscription. Being grandfathered at 3 years free premium service is more than fairhttps://twitter.com/pocketcasts/status/1174152336865812481 …
Yes, I prefer it too but I also understand that a service that gets continued updates and doesn't use ads needs a reliable source of revenue.
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