I use Flipboard and you can select the news sources you want. On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 11:32 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> RT News is still free. Ooooh, maybe they’ll have more shirtless Putin > photos. Or that hottie Maria Butina (she is actually on RT now, unless > that was fake news). And they have an app in the Apple Store. > > https://www.rt.com/ > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones > *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2019 10:12 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple News > > > > have you sen the new universal apple product case? its pretty stylish ans > will also solve the news problem. > > > > On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 10:00 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > It just came up this morning when I wanted to read the news. Wanted > money. I would like to go back to the plain vanilla free one if I can > figure out how to do it. > > > > *From:* Ken Hohhof > > *Sent:* Friday, December 20, 2019 8:15 AM > > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Apple News > > > > 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 mailto: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 > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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