3 ms·
It really is a much better product than Google's offering though. I don't know what Google was thinking about when the killed the Google News app.
by jahlove 8y ago
It really is a much better product than Google's offering though. I don't know what Google was thinking about when the killed the Google News app.
- dajohnson89 8y agothey were likely thinking, it doesnt generate enough revenue?
- tracker1 8y agoThe irk, is it's still in my launcher, and on Chrome home screen on my android device. But it's a pain to get in a browser on the desktop.
- gnicholas 8y agoSure, it's not a bad app. It's just a little odd to feign surprise that it's the most popular news app, given how it's featured in iOS. I do like the accessibility aspect of the app — it is the only big tech company app that allows the user to change the text size on iOS. It is crazy that this very basic usability/accessibility feature sets it apart from offerings by Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo, but Apple News is the only one that does this. [1] One thing I don't like about Apple News is the way they do link sharing, which for some reason is stickier than other link shorteners. 1: https://medium.com/@BeeLineReader/the-importance-of-text-accessibility-in-news-apps-45ac8cca2e9a https://medium.com/@BeeLineReader/the-importance-of-text-acc...
- jahlove 8y agoAgreed. The link sharing is lame. I also wish there was a Windows app (or better yet, browser support).
- gnicholas 8y agoDo you know exactly what is different that makes it work this way? All I know is it doesn't work with the news reader app my startup makes. [1] Pocket seems to have figured out how to sidestep the annoyingness, but I don't know how. 1: http://www.beelinereader.com http://www.beelinereader.com