Not sure I’d agree, as the sources are configurable, but this sort of shit is far from a great user experience.
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timewarp@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Apps like Apple News don’t exist to help you curate news that you want to see. They exist to curate news that they want you to see.
Quicky@lemmy.world 10 months ago
reddig33@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They exist to push ads. Even the premium version of Apple News has ads.
Quicky@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Isn’t it the publications themselves that contain the ads rather than the app itself?
reddig33@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Some yes. Some no. And if I’m paying for news, there’s better not be any ads at all.
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Quicky@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Fair enough. Although I would say that the magazine aspect (which I use it for primarily) couldn’t really adhere to that. The printed publications that you’d buy in a newsagent contain printed ads. I’m not saying it’s good, but it’s not different. Paper copy or digital, you’re getting ads with whichever one you pay for.