<story><title>Pocket Casts acquired by NPR</title><url>https://www.npr.org/about-npr/607823388/pocket-cast-acquired</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>eigen-vector</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m so glad to see the team behind Pocket Casts find success. It&amp;#x27;s one app I&amp;#x27;ve never been disappointed with and supported right from the beginning.&lt;p&gt;The paramount quality of a good app is how easily it gets out of the way  and lets you enjoy the content. Pocket Casts has done a spectacular job at that.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>m_fayer</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s that vanishing breed: designed well but not overdesigned, technically solid, no hidden agenda or ecosystem to push, all for a fair upfront price. Hope they don&amp;#x27;t mess it up.</text></comment>
<story><title>Pocket Casts acquired by NPR</title><url>https://www.npr.org/about-npr/607823388/pocket-cast-acquired</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>eigen-vector</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m so glad to see the team behind Pocket Casts find success. It&amp;#x27;s one app I&amp;#x27;ve never been disappointed with and supported right from the beginning.&lt;p&gt;The paramount quality of a good app is how easily it gets out of the way  and lets you enjoy the content. Pocket Casts has done a spectacular job at that.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>simcop2387</author><text>Yea it&amp;#x27;s been my favorite podcasting app since i found it.  So glad it&amp;#x27;s NPR and such that acquired it and not a company that&amp;#x27;s going to fill it with ads (the main reason i stopped using any other apps).</text></comment>