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I used to love Google News's customizable sections- I would set those to Spanish-language international sections from other countries, and the different perspec
by ereyes01 8y ago
I used to love Google News's customizable sections- I would set those to Spanish-language international sections from other countries, and the different perspective was really refreshing and informative compared to what you see in the US International section.
Since the last re-design, Google News seemingly dropped the customization, and has devolved into an endless toxic carousel of US-slanted political opinion in most sections, half of which seem to come from pay-walled sources. I have lost all control of what I want to read, and instead have to rely on their opaque feed, most of which I'm not actually that interested in (I can only take so much politics).
Does anyone know of an alternative that's more like the Google News of old?
- thundergolfer 8y agoYou could try https://www.laserlike.com/ https://www.laserlike.com/. It's built by ex-Googlers from Search and News.
- BurritoAlPastor 8y agoTry it how? There’s no apparent product available, no app; just contact info, jobs, and social media links.
- mark_l_watson 8y agoI was going to make the same commment: I enjoyed custom pages and I also enjoyed seeing many links for one story, letting me quickly find what news services in many countries were saying about a story that interests me. Sort of simple, but I like NPR all text site https://text.npr.org/t.php?tid=1001 https://text.npr.org/t.php?tid=1001 For CNN fans, they also have a text only site http://lite.cnn.io/en http://lite.cnn.io/en
- guybedo 8y agoShameless plug here but i built something that you might like. It's a GoogleNews/RssReader crossover. It aggregates thousands of content sources across the world to give you the top stories of the day. And you can manage your RSS feeds too, best of both worlds :-) You can check it out here: https://aktu.io/about https://aktu.io/about Feedback welcome!
- ereyes01 8y agoThanks this is cool! A couple times when I clicked on some stories, I couldn't see a link to the original publication. I'll keep an eye on this, I'm sure it'll keep getting better!
- cpeterso 8y agoI loved my customized Google News. When they dropped customization, I searched for many options and ended up with Apple News. There apps are iOS and macOS, but no web version unfortunately.