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> I’m sorry to all of my fans and customers who bought this on my name, expecting it to be supported for longer than two days. Well, that was me. Funnily enoug

by Osmium 11y ago

> I’m sorry to all of my fans and customers who bought this on my name, expecting it to be supported for longer than two days. Well, that was me. Funnily enough I haven't had a good experience with Overcast either (vs. Pocket Casts), so I think next time Marco releases a product I'll be a lot more skeptical. It's an awkward position too: I know I should request a refund since the app will become progressively less useful as its blocklist becomes out of date, but I would've liked to keep using it until then. As for the alternatives, I chose to support Peace instead of Purify because the latter has seems to be involved with some mild controversy [1], in addition previous controversy the developer was involved with previously over uBlock [2]. I honestly have no idea if this is innocent misunderstanding or a genuine attempt to mislead on the developer's part (because wording on the uBlock website does seem to have been clarified now), but it was enough to give me pause. So I guess this just leaves Crystal as the main alternative at the moment? [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/3leyux/say_purify_get_gilded/ https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/3leyux/say_purify_ge... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/ublock/comments/32mos6/ublock_vs_ublock_origin/cte0a3n https://www.reddit.com/r/ublock/comments/32mos6/ublock_vs_ub...

vermontdevil 11y ago
Agreed. I recommended his app to many friends because of Marco's stance on web ads, his passion for quality, etc. Oops - my mistake. Pulling an app two days after a long period of development without really thinking through seemed odd to me. But that's his choice. My choice - I won't buy anything from him again. Life goes on.
- Osmium 11y ago
  > Pulling an app two days after a long period of development without really thinking through seemed odd to me. But that's his choice. Right, absolutely it's his choice. I wouldn't even go as far as saying I'll never buy a product from him again, just that I wouldn't on day one. It's not that I necessarily disagree with what he's saying (I'm glad the conversation is being had), I'm just surprised he didn't anticipate this reaction. On a broader note, if he is concerned about the ethics of ad blocking, perhaps it would've been better to maintain control of one of the most popular ad blockers? Then he would at least have been able to influence the outcome, e.g. encourage his users to adopt whitelists or similar.
frou_dh 11y ago
> It's an awkward position too: I know I should request a refund since the app will become progressively less useful as its blocklist becomes out of date, but I would've liked to keep using it until then. AFAIK the app will stay on your device after getting a refund. You just stop being able to update or re-download it, which in this case are no longer on the table anyway.

by Osmium 11y ago

vermontdevil 11y ago

Agreed. I recommended his app to many friends because of Marco's stance on web ads, his passion for quality, etc. Oops - my mistake. Pulling an app two days after a long period of development without really thinking through seemed odd to me. But that's his choice. My choice - I won't buy anything from him again. Life goes on.

Osmium 11y ago
> Pulling an app two days after a long period of development without really thinking through seemed odd to me. But that's his choice. Right, absolutely it's his choice. I wouldn't even go as far as saying I'll never buy a product from him again, just that I wouldn't on day one. It's not that I necessarily disagree with what he's saying (I'm glad the conversation is being had), I'm just surprised he didn't anticipate this reaction. On a broader note, if he is concerned about the ethics of ad blocking, perhaps it would've been better to maintain control of one of the most popular ad blockers? Then he would at least have been able to influence the outcome, e.g. encourage his users to adopt whitelists or similar.

frou_dh 11y ago

> It's an awkward position too: I know I should request a refund since the app will become progressively less useful as its blocklist becomes out of date, but I would've liked to keep using it until then. AFAIK the app will stay on your device after getting a refund. You just stop being able to update or re-download it, which in this case are no longer on the table anyway.