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 3 days 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 3 days ago
reddig33@lemmy.world 3 days ago
They exist to push ads. Even the premium version of Apple News has ads.
Quicky@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Isn’t it the publications themselves that contain the ads rather than the app itself?
reddig33@lemmy.world 3 days 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 3 days 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.