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.
Blocking trash newspapers in Apple News+ just disabled the link but doesn't free up screen space.
Submitted 5 months ago by Quicky@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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timewarp@lemmy.world 5 months ago
reddig33@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They exist to push ads. Even the premium version of Apple News has ads.
Quicky@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Isn’t it the publications themselves that contain the ads rather than the app itself?
Quicky@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not sure I’d agree, as the sources are configurable, but this sort of shit is far from a great user experience.
ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Use an rss feed!
abbadon420@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Got any suggestions how to get started on that?
ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m hosting a dockerized image of freshrss on my server which I can access as a webapp on my phone.
I believe there are plenty of phone apps and websites that can do the same! :) I would search rss app in the App Store. If they’re FOSS I would consider that better.
Can add feeds for anything! I have news, YouTube, podcasts, Lenny, and some reddit
3laws@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I have a really comprehensive list of RSS feeds for different topic. That I have been updating and pruning since 2010, I use Read You on Android and a GNOME Circle app on Linux (can’t recall the name tbh)
reddig33@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Download NetNewsWire. If you need it to sync with a windows machine and/or an android device, store your feeds in Feedly or a similar service. Learn to set your RSS reader to default to “reader mode” so you see the whole story and not just the first paragraph.
gazby@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Oh fuck it’s spreading. I hadn’t seen this pattern before until I started using LinkedIn for job hunting (it’s what Australia uses, trust me I’m more unhappy than you are lol). We won’t show you this job again.…until the next time you’re on this page again, which you’ll need to check every day because despite sorting by date we’re still gonna shuffle jobs you haven’t seen yet inside a dozen pages of jobs you’ve already seen. I assume it drives “engagement” or some bullshit, hooray for monopolies! 😡
reddig33@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Apple News is one of the most poorly managed of all the Apple products. Whomever is in charge of it should be fired.
Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
RSS should become popular again. There are great clients for all platforms, even iOS:
- NetNewsWire (iOS/macOS)
- Read You (Android)
- RSS Guard (Linux/Windows)
I also recommend using the Awesome RSS extension in Firefox/LibreWolf to quickly see if a website has an RSS feed. It also works in Firefox Mobile/Fennec/Mull.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Thanks for the heads-up, giving RSS Guard a try as we speak. Looks fun.
ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 months ago
Thunderbird still supports RSS, however I’ve found many news sources don’t provide proper RSS feeds anymore
vordalack@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Just use an RSS feed reader. Apple News is legit trash.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Why are you using that crap, then?
Quicky@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I mean, this is specifically mildly infuriating, and there are other positives to it.
joyjoy@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Wow, it’s more useless than blocking someone on Discord.
reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
No idea how Discord’s blocking works since I’ve luckily never needed it. What makes it so useless?
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
it gives you the ability to see their messages still (i think)
JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Same for news taking up space in the Stocks app.
A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 5 months ago
apple
Cringe as always.
Walican132@lemmy.today 5 months ago
These seem to go away the next day don’t they?
My problem is I don’t live where it thinks I do for local news and it won’t let me change it.
capital@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I blocked ESPN news articles just because I don’t want to see sports content. Does the same thing. They need to fix this stupid shit.
On the other hand, I’m willing to pay for aggregated news to gain access to articles from the likes of The Atlantic, etc. Anyone have alternatives to Apple News+ in this regard?
HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.one [bot] 5 months ago
If you wanna put the work into an rss feed, netnewswire is great.
scarabic@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes this truly is the weakest bullshit I’ve ever seen. Obviously, it’s just in-client blocking with zero support from the back end. Pathetic.
Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Settings -> News -> Restrict Stories in Today
This will fix it so that only news services you follow will appear.
Quicky@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Cheers - this would work, but first requires whitelisting all the sources you’re happy to see news from, rather than simply not showing you news from sources you’ve blocked.
I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Google News does the right thing here. I presume it’s cross platform but haven’t tried on an iDevice.
ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 5 months ago
oh no, linekar is leaving motd? first wrighty, now him?
i don’t think shearer and micah can pull it off themselves going forward. they’re both good but, let’s face it, neither has the gravitas needed to anchor the show.
Quicky@lemmy.world 5 months ago
My money’s on Chappers filling in.
foggy@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Hey, looks, a reason to uninstall Apple News+
Quicky@lemmy.world 5 months ago
To be fair, the magazines available on News+ are great. I have Apple One because it covers all the household’s music/storage/fitness solutions for a reasonable price (considering how many people are on my subscription). News+ is included, and the list of magazine subscriptions bundled within it is surprisingly extensive. The app’s not perfect though, as this crappy design shows.
reddig33@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Tip: Your local public library offers the same electronic versions of magazines through an app called Hoopla. For free.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Unequivocally my least used part of apple one.
Quicky@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Apple Arcade for me