As a paying subscriber of NY Times, WSJ, WaPo, and others mentioned, having “big journalism” consolidated into Apple News’ clean consistent reader-centric UI is

As a paying subscriber of NY Times, WSJ, WaPo, and others mentioned, having “big journalism” consolidated into Apple News’ clean consistent reader-centric UI is a huge benefit. When a provider’s own app chooses to drown subscription content in run-of-site first party ads — looking at you, NY Times — I am suspicious of that provider’s motives for dropping Apple News. If they didn’t like the Apple News channel sales or rates, that would be the thing they could negotiate. This feels like wanting to keep their cake (subscribers) and eat it too (advertise to known households).