I liked google news, but they tend to prioritize the paywall sites that you have to clear your cache to get past after a couple articles a month. msn gardens the articles inside their page so you dont hit the paywalls but the layout repeats the same articles. apple news probably embed subliminal stuff to make you want neckholders for earpods and to wear a manbun
On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 9:15 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > OK, not being a member of the Apple cult, I was unaware of Apple News. > Apparently what you have is Apple News+. > > > > https://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-news-plus/ > > > > It seems to give you access to a lot of newspapers and magazines that > would normally be behind their own paywalls. It also allows family members > to share your subscription. So it may be worth $9.99/month. Assuming > your family still reads, rather than consuming everything as video streams, > Instagrams and Tik-Toks. Or maybe I should say assuming your family still > reads long-form publications rather than tweets. > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Nate Burke > *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2019 8:50 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple News > > > > Apple can just randomly charge you? Or did you have to agree to something > and put your ccard details in when you downloaded the app. Which should > have thrown up red flags right there.... > > On 12/20/2019 8:36 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Was it any good? As in worth paying for? > > > > News.google.com is just an aggregator of stories from other well known > news sites. Nothing to write home about. > > > > Most “news” these days seems to be opinion, propaganda and ads. They > should pay me to view it, not the other way around. > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *ch...@wbmfg.com > *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2019 5:42 AM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT Apple News > > > > Apple news on my iphone charged me $10/month this morning. Has been free > up until now. > > May need to search for a free news feed for the phone now. > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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