{"id":239651,"date":"2025-07-05T08:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T08:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239651\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T08:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T08:37:10","slug":"two-popular-apps-loved-by-millions-to-shut-down-forever-in-days-and-you-might-be-owed-some-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/239651\/","title":{"rendered":"Two popular apps loved by millions to shut down forever in DAYS &#8211; and you might be owed some cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TWO popular apps used by millions of mobile users are set to shut down next week &#8211; and it might mean you&#8217;re owed some cash. <\/p>\n<p>Mobile apps Pocket and Glitch will both close on 8 July.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mozilla Is Shutting Down Pocket and Fakespot\" height=\"390\" width=\"741\" data-credit=\"Mozilla\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9d3654a6-7f9b-4159-b854-1a08a52c3a5c.jpg\" data-caption=\"But Pocket's Premium subscribers may be owed refunds for the remaining time left on their subscriptions\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9d3654a6-7f9b-4159-b854-1a08a52c3a5c.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>But Pocket&#8217;s Premium subscribers may be owed refunds for the remaining time left on their subscriptionsCredit: Mozilla<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Glitch Logo\" height=\"393\" width=\"853\" data-credit=\"Glitch\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3390513b-4634-4805-a495-1736c218ae5e.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Glitch app, aimed at web developers, is also handing out refunds to its subscribers\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3390513b-4634-4805-a495-1736c218ae5e.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>The Glitch app, aimed at web developers, is also handing out refunds to its subscribersCredit: Glitch<\/p>\n<p>Pocket was removed from app stores in late May, when sales of subscriptions also stopped.<\/p>\n<p>But Pocket&#8217;s Premium subscribers may be owed refunds for the remaining time left on their subscriptions.<\/p>\n<p>A subscription for the read-it-later app costs $4.99 per month or $44.99 (\u00a332.99) per year.<\/p>\n<p>So if you paid for an annual membership that will not be fulfilled, you should expect some money to be deposited back onto the card you used for payments.<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla, which owns the app, said annual subscribers will receive their refunds after 8 July. <\/p>\n<p>No action is necessary &#8211; just wait for the money to land.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that while the app will shut down next week, users will have until 8 October to download their saved data before all Pocket data is permanently deleted.<\/p>\n<p>The Glitch app, aimed at web developers, is also handing out refunds to its subscribers. <\/p>\n<p>Those who forked out $96 (\u00a370) for an annual Glitch Pro subscription and have paid time left will receive a refund.<\/p>\n<p>Users have until the end of the year to download their projects before all the data is wiped for good. <\/p>\n<p>Huge Global Data Breach: 16 Billion Accounts at Risk<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Woman holding phone in black marble case.\" height=\"644\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Cover Images\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nintchdbpict000287656371.jpg\" data-caption=\"No action is necessary - just wait for the money to land\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nintchdbpict000287656371.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>No action is necessary &#8211; just wait for the money to landCredit: Cover Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TWO popular apps used by millions of mobile users are set to shut down next week &#8211; and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2062,2060,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-239651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-apps","9":"tag-section-techtech-news","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114799722183759702","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}