Pocket Casts has been removed from the Chinese App store by Apple, at the request of the Cyberspace Administration of China. We believe podcasting is and should remain an open medium, free of government censorship. As such we won't be censoring podcast content at their request.
Web player users we've heard you. We got it wrong with a 3 year Plus subscription for existing users. We're making it right with lifetime access to Pocket Casts Plus:
blog.pocketcasts.com/we-heard-you/
ZOMG. It's here. Release day is here! We couldn't be prouder, happier or more thrilled to share all the details of Version 7 with you today, check out our blog for more info:
blog.pocketcasts.com/pocket-casts-7/
ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN 🚂🚂🚂
We're excited to announce that our mobile apps are now free! Version 7.5 for Android is rolling out now and the iOS app will be out as soon as Apple approves it. We're not taking any features away, in fact we're adding some new ones 🎉
More details here:
We understand this means that it's unlikely that our iOS App will be available in China, but feel it's a necessary step to take for any company that values the open distribution model that makes podcasting special.
For the people asking: We don’t ever discount any of our products. Not for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Mums Potluck Thursday or Taco Tuesday.
So the answer to ‘when is a good time to buy Pocket Casts’ is always now! 😎
Also all our apps are once off purchases. No funny business
We are overjoyed and proud to announce that the Pocket Casts mobile apps are now open source! We look forward to building the future of Pocket Casts — together.
We understand the slippery slope and censorship arguments, but we aren't the government, we're a private company. Almost nobody on our platform listened to this podcast anyway and we feel that any further comment on this matter only brings it more attention than it deserves. 3/3
We’re about to head off on a 2 week break. We’ll be back on the 8th of January ready and raring to support and joke around with you all.
Thanks to each and every one of our customers. You’re all amazing. We have some huge things to share in 2018, but for now enjoy the break 🎉🎁