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Paraphrasing comments from Tim Cook regarding Apple News: > "Apple News is now the world's most popular news app ... Our editors pick the best source..." That

by koolba 8y ago

Paraphrasing comments from Tim Cook regarding Apple News: > "Apple News is now the world's most popular news app ... Our editors pick the best source..." That's both amazing (the rise to prominence) and scary (the inherent centralized power).

bsaul 8y ago
i didn't even remember apple news was an app. For me it's just a list of links to regular news websites from the widget iOS page... I wonder if they count that as well in the "most popular app".
pjmlp 8y ago
I saw that, but given iOS worldwide market share, I find it very hard to believe.
- saagarjha 8y ago
  Android does not have a single, built-in news app.
  - pjmlp 8y ago
    Google news comes to mind. Plus 22.85% doesn't make it the leader, even if we go along with Android not having a single source of news. https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/iphone-vs-android-market-share-3691861/ https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/iphone-vs-android-...
59nadir 8y ago
> That's both amazing (the rise to prominence) and scary (the inherent centralized power). I don't know a single person that uses a "news app", so I'll take this feat with a grain of salt.
- scarface74 8y ago
  Yes because your anecdotal experience is statistically relevant....
  - 59nadir 8y ago
    I wasn't speaking for all the world. I said I'll take it with a grain of salt. Reading the news in general has obviously taken a huge hit in popularity and doing so via a special app (outside of the community driven ones like Reddit) is an even smaller part of the way people consume this media. It's obvious from peoples' experience with Apple News in these comments that a lot of content consumed from there is actually involuntary from widgets, etc.. What I took away from that quote is in line with that; this isn't really much of a feat when dug deeper into.
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snowwrestler 8y ago
Does anyone think Apple News is more popular than social media apps like Facebook or Twitter? Because well more than half of all Americans get news from social media. I think Apple is being a bit cute here about how they define what constitutes a "news app." If then mean a mobile app that aggregates news stories and does nothing else, then sure, I believe their claim. I don't see why that matters, though.

by koolba 8y ago

bsaul 8y ago

i didn't even remember apple news was an app. For me it's just a list of links to regular news websites from the widget iOS page... I wonder if they count that as well in the "most popular app".

pjmlp 8y ago

I saw that, but given iOS worldwide market share, I find it very hard to believe.

saagarjha 8y ago
Android does not have a single, built-in news app.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  Google news comes to mind. Plus 22.85% doesn't make it the leader, even if we go along with Android not having a single source of news. https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/iphone-vs-android-market-share-3691861/ https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/iphone-vs-android-...

59nadir 8y ago

> That's both amazing (the rise to prominence) and scary (the inherent centralized power). I don't know a single person that uses a "news app", so I'll take this feat with a grain of salt.

scarface74 8y ago
Yes because your anecdotal experience is statistically relevant....
- 59nadir 8y ago
  I wasn't speaking for all the world. I said I'll take it with a grain of salt. Reading the news in general has obviously taken a huge hit in popularity and doing so via a special app (outside of the community driven ones like Reddit) is an even smaller part of the way people consume this media. It's obvious from peoples' experience with Apple News in these comments that a lot of content consumed from there is actually involuntary from widgets, etc.. What I took away from that quote is in line with that; this isn't really much of a feat when dug deeper into.
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snowwrestler 8y ago

Does anyone think Apple News is more popular than social media apps like Facebook or Twitter? Because well more than half of all Americans get news from social media. I think Apple is being a bit cute here about how they define what constitutes a "news app." If then mean a mobile app that aggregates news stories and does nothing else, then sure, I believe their claim. I don't see why that matters, though.