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Ask HN: Replacement for Google News?

• themodelplumber 4y ago
  Tried Yahoo News and MSN News lately? They aggregate too last I checked.
• MivLives 4y ago
  Maybe switching to RSS? If you know what sources you want, then you pretty much have ultimate control of what you're reading. Though I guess if you want things organized by topic across sites that won't work.
  • WiggleGuy 4y ago
    Came here to say this. I switched to RSS about year ago and it's given me much more control over my aggregation. Unfortunately, some websites don't have RSS anymore, but I still find the switch worth it. Some tools (like Kill the Newsletter) also turn newsletters into RSS feeds so you can add them to your aggregation, with the added benefit of them not actually having your email.
• p-e-w 4y ago
  I use Wikipedia's "Current Events" portal[1] via a searchable archive that I built for that purpose[2]. This gives me an ad-free news aggregation curated by Wikipedia contributors that I can filter any way I want. Of course, there are only about 10-15 events reported per day, and some items found in traditional news sources (op-eds, analysis, "human interest" stories) are missing, but for me that's a feature, not a bug. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events [2] https://pastevents.org https://pastevents.org
• alwayslikethis 4y ago
  Couldn't you use something like uBlock Origin to block unwanted sections?
• Mandatum 4y ago
  Google News RSS feeds
• Markoff 4y ago
  As others said just block unwanted sections through uBlock element picker. Personally I don't like aggregators, they don't know my preferences, it's just faster to have look at bunch of websites and choose what I wanna read than see small selection of mostly unwanted content in aggregator. I remember GNews should have something like I'm not interested button and no matter how many hundreds times I used it I still kept getting stories on such topic.
• 10729287 4y ago
  Not sure you'll be able to block COVID but I happily use those sites for a minimal/zen news seeking : http://68k.news http://68k.news (Google news rewritten for old computers. Blue links and everything !) https://currentevents.email https://currentevents.email (Wikipedia rewritten)
• alxmng 4y ago
  Take a look at my service https://sumi.news https://sumi.news — you can follow topics, individual RSS feeds, and newsletters. There’s a free version. No ads. Simple interface. It’s bootstrapped and profitable, been running for a few years, and I keep interface churn to a minimum.
• hayst4ck 4y ago
  It's hard to answer this question without knowing why you read news. I like the Associated Press news app (I don't like the app, but I like the news) for general news. I like the Apple News widgets for specific topics/seeing headlines on specific topics.
• quantasaur 4y ago
  Self curated Reddit for international, memorandum.com for US and serializer.io for tech
• lcall 4y ago
  I like to skim article titles & read the most valuable of the articles in my RSS reader(s) on my phone (with Handy News Reader from f-droid.org, once I got used to all the settings to make it work the way I want, or maybe NewsBlur if you don't mind their freemium model, or other apps), or on a PC; from a variety of sources that can change over time (which can include google news on some different topics, or a variety of other sources with different political leanings or more neutral). It is how I read HN, also. This gives much flexibility and control vs. going to a single web site. I can even read the comics on Sundays. Here is another perspective on reading a variety of sources (which, ironically, I found via google news): https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/08/kevin-olearys-daily-morning-money-strategy-read-fact-check-news.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/08/kevin-olearys-daily-morning-... And some prior discussion: https://www.google.com/search?hl=eo&gbv=1&q=replacement+for+google+news+%2Bsite%3Anews.ycombinator.com&oq=&aqs= https://www.google.com/search?hl=eo&gbv=1&q=replacement+for+... Of course, one has to prioritize use of time and not be unduly distracted by the wide variety of sources that are available. Also deciding carefully whom to trust by identifying humans and observing behavior over time.