• realitista@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    I’d say their decision making was mostly forced by their drop in ad revenue and subscriptions forced by the internet.

    Though I do wish that someone would make a Spotify for news so that I could pay once and get access to all of them and at least give them 10 cents per article or something, because I will never pay the subscription cost any are asking.

    As much as I’d like to support them, the price to utility ratio is way the fuck off at the prices they ask now.

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        3 days ago

        I’m okay except for the walled garden part. I get referred to articles in many ways, none of them in Apple News. If I can ever log into the actual publications sites with my Apple ID and get the article, then I’m on.

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          2 days ago

          it’s a little annoying but i find searching for the article title generally produces the right result in the news app

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            2 days ago

            That’s not an experience I’m willing to pay for in its current form. But I could definitely see a path for it to become one, thanks for putting it on my radar.

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              2 days ago

              yeah for sure… i get it with apple one because i actively use music, drive, and tv+… certainly wouldn’t subscribe to it on its own, because you’re absolutely right: it’s too much of a hassle

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      3 days ago

      It’s also the speed of news now. When you had a edition a day in print there was time to do research.

      Now with instant publishing on the web it’s more important to get the basic story out fast. With the hope it’s the one that sites like reddit pickup.