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I was initially excited by Apple News+. $13/month for access to a wide array of newspapers and magazines. Imagine my disappointment to learn that this paid "pre

I was initially excited by Apple News+. $13/month for access to a wide array of newspapers and magazines. Imagine my disappointment to learn that this paid "premium" service is plastered with ads. Adguard mostly blocks ads in Safari so it's no use in the News app. I wonder how much of this subscription growth is from bundling News+ into Apple One.

bitmasher9 2y ago
I remember picking up a newspaper recently and being surprised at the cost and the amount of ads. I’m usually very anti-advertisement for paid services, but Apple is following a long tradition here.
footlose_3815 2y ago
When it comes to news, I think NPR and APNews covers most bases. I might be missing out on some news nuance, because I guess I'm not a news junkie. For your issue with the app, it reminded me of an axe I grind. Whenever possible, I use a bookmark to their website, even if it's mobile. I think not enough people are challenging themselves to determine "Is the app better than the browser?". Apps give a privileged and intimate container for that company to control and capture your experience for their brand. Apps let that company run more privileged code on your device than a website could. I think as a society, we've been conditioned to those app icons over the last 15 years. "There's an app for that". Yeah, but there's a website for almost all of them, too. And I can at-least control how I view it, and if I'm allowed to block ads.
benchess 2y ago
Use a dns proxy and https://github.com/froggeric/DNS-blocklists/blob/main/NoAppleAds https://github.com/froggeric/DNS-blocklists/blob/main/NoAppl... You may also need to disable Private Relay
clipsy 2y ago
Were you specifically looking at the "News+" tab in the News app? As far as I can recall nothing in there should have ads -- WSJ has some annoying boxes asking you to subscribe with them that are quite close to ads, but they aren't 3rd party advertising at least. By default I think the app will take you to the "Today" tab, which presents recent news from News+ sources and ad-supported sources alike. Apple definitely needs to do a better job communicating this, it's not at all obvious from the description of the News+ subscription.
- cbsks 2y ago
  I see ads on articles on the News+ tab. I’m canceling it before my free subscription ends. Very disappointed.

bitmasher9 2y ago

I remember picking up a newspaper recently and being surprised at the cost and the amount of ads. I’m usually very anti-advertisement for paid services, but Apple is following a long tradition here.

footlose_3815 2y ago

When it comes to news, I think NPR and APNews covers most bases. I might be missing out on some news nuance, because I guess I'm not a news junkie. For your issue with the app, it reminded me of an axe I grind. Whenever possible, I use a bookmark to their website, even if it's mobile. I think not enough people are challenging themselves to determine "Is the app better than the browser?". Apps give a privileged and intimate container for that company to control and capture your experience for their brand. Apps let that company run more privileged code on your device than a website could. I think as a society, we've been conditioned to those app icons over the last 15 years. "There's an app for that". Yeah, but there's a website for almost all of them, too. And I can at-least control how I view it, and if I'm allowed to block ads.

benchess 2y ago

Use a dns proxy and https://github.com/froggeric/DNS-blocklists/blob/main/NoAppleAds https://github.com/froggeric/DNS-blocklists/blob/main/NoAppl... You may also need to disable Private Relay

clipsy 2y ago

Were you specifically looking at the "News+" tab in the News app? As far as I can recall nothing in there should have ads -- WSJ has some annoying boxes asking you to subscribe with them that are quite close to ads, but they aren't 3rd party advertising at least. By default I think the app will take you to the "Today" tab, which presents recent news from News+ sources and ad-supported sources alike. Apple definitely needs to do a better job communicating this, it's not at all obvious from the description of the News+ subscription.

cbsks 2y ago
I see ads on articles on the News+ tab. I’m canceling it before my free subscription ends. Very disappointed.