Apple News

“Apple News is the closest thing to a real version of this, but no publication can survive on that alone.”

“you can use the sharrow from Safari (not an in-app WebView) and “share” paywalled news articles to News.app”

“you get tens of thousands of articles a month for less than a penny each”

“Negatives for the Apple News model is that it's Apple only and there is no ad-free tier.”

“There was no way to turn off auto-renew without forfeiting the remaining trial period, which is a dark pattern to encourage accidental payments.”

“select the News app and it’ll open the story in it”

“Apple News remained fantastic until renewal of agreements when publishers demanded rights to insert additional ads.”

“Apple News is a weird interface it it’s great.”

“if you want just a handful of the paywalled publications it unlocks for you, it's a great deal”

“Apple News+ is in many ways garbage.”

“Apple News is a fantastic service for avoiding most of these problems.”

“they can sign up with services like Apple News+ and focus on the value they bring”

“Apple News+ subscribers don't get the full subscription to all the participating publications.”

“$13/month is less than many of those sites cost individually, but I get them all for that price?”

“you can't really just browse a front page”

“I was very happy with my Apple News subscription because it has every English-language newspaper I've come across.”

“the app sucks, but you can share articles into it to remove the paywall and that works great”

“I get many publications included, and some magazines, and over time it learns what stories I like”

“I would be fine with Apple doing something here but not if it's heavy handed and I cannot alter the weights.”

“I use it daily and it's decent. It's easy enough to just filter out all of the low-quality news sources”

“for $13 USD a month, its a huge bargain and worth the crappy interface”

“the dark pattern whereby if I do a fast swipe up in an article, the page will scroll to a stop with the ad landing right under my finger”

“Apple News is the most affordable way to access paywalled mainstream news”

“very few of the articles are behind a paywall, which is the main reason why I stick with it”

“their crossword UI is nice”

“the ads are usually static, the content on the page will stay put”

“This leads to a situation where a product that actually could at least be good and servicable is a mess.”

“Apple using Taboola is so hysterical because of their claim to focus on user experience”

“man are those ads testing my patience”

“That's because they know that in Apple News+ you are the product and their profit lowers if you block their ads by disabling the app.”

“Otherwise it's a garbage app.”

“Yet another Apple app designed by idealists and tested and refined by nobody who actually uses the app.”

“Apple would like to do a high quality solution, and then keeps relaxing their standards when there's not enough buy-in from the content providers.”

“Tiktok ads, Youtube Ads, Instagram/Meta ads - there's just a huge influx of scams and obviously fake sites on them.”

“Shame on Apple for creating a honeypot for scam ads in what they consider to be a premium news service.”

“paying for “+” still shows ads, but not paying at all means you can’t see content that’s already free online”

“the last 5 years you are under a constant barrage of ads for iCloud, Apple Music, Apple News, Apple TV”

“That Apple has accomplished anything in this space is remarkable.”

“it’s pretty easy to ignore and I find it’s at least somewhat relevant”

“But I saw it in Apple News, so MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!”