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Pocket Casts Announces Open-Source Mobile Apps

Posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 20, 2022

Pocket Casts is a popular podcast app for its simplicity, hand-curated collection, and features.

If you did not know, it was entirely a paid app a few years back.

In 2019, they made their mobile apps accessible to all and introduced Pocket Casts Plus subscription to access desktop apps and extra features.

Automattic (the company behind WordPress.com) acquired Pocket Casts in 2021.

Automattic is involved with open-source projects. So, it was obvious for users to expect it to be open-source sooner than later.

And the time has come!

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