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News sites in particular are big offenders. I don't need a new app for every two-bit small town newspaper. I have a couple of major ones (WSJ, FT), but if you t
by theorique 10y ago
News sites in particular are big offenders. I don't need a new app for every two-bit small town newspaper. I have a couple of major ones (WSJ, FT), but if you think I'm going to install the app for your minor newspaper because Google News linked it ...
- Bartweiss 10y agoThese are definitely some of the worst. Small-time news sites all push some wretched app they bought off a CDN, and any niche tech news site feels unimportant if it doesn't push an app on every visitor. Meanwhile I have BBC's rather pleasant news app, and consume my other news in-browser or off-phone.
- mmanfrin 10y agoBut how else are they going to push-notify you about their new Local Deals section comprised of ads?
- dman 10y agoYou get what you pay for!
- saurik 10y agoSo, while I agree with you: do they care I you read the article? They probably don't make any money off of you at all: you are just a waste of their resources. Actual local customers might be slightly more interested in their app, and the app may be something that massively ups their revenue in some indirect way.
- tedunangst 10y agoI have to wonder if it's worthwhile though. Aren't they also chasing away a lot of potential local readers? If there's two or three local news options in my locality, I'm going to settle on the one that's least annoying. I don't disagree with your proposed logic, but I think they're mistaken in believing that only non locals will bounce.
- massysett 10y agoThey probably don't care about the locals who bounce either. Readers who won't pay and who won't even download an app are just parasites.