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[DeepIn2U]

I'm so old school, that I mourn the loss of news papers. But even I can see the reality of the way the world turns these days. If you have the internet, news is free. And anything newsworthy behind a paywall, is outside of said paywall within a matter of seconds.

Not all news is free on the internet. Also if you really lived newspapers those had a cost too - unless you read those ridiculous circulars for rentals.

Back in the day the newspaper stand was your paywall. So I think you’re talking rubbish here. Many of he old GOOD newspapers are still in circulation. Not in the same numbers but man the amount of trees chopped for the majority of newspapers never read was obscene.

 

[pauloregan]

Apple News is the worse Apple service by far. The user experience is terrible. As others have said, the blank spaces for blocked content and the ads are a bad look. For me, they should drop the newspapers and stick to magazines and call it Apple Newsstand again.

Good quality news is generally behind a paywall and there are too many sources that don’t play with Apple news to make it worth it. If I ran a newspaper and an app I wouldn’t let Apple near my content.

 

[TVreporter]

I’m a news buff and I have the free trial yet I don’t know why but I can’t get into using the app.

 

[Thebrochure]

Not all news is free on the internet. Also if you really lived newspapers those had a cost too - unless you read those ridiculous circulars for rentals.

Back in the day the newspaper stand was your paywall. So I think you’re talking rubbish here. Many of he old GOOD newspapers are still in circulation. Not in the same numbers but man the amount of trees chopped for the majority of newspapers never read was obscene.

All news on the internet is free. Name me a time in the history of the internet where it wasn't. Go on, try. I promise you, you won't be able to do it. That's because the second it comes out, it's screen-captured, copy-and-pasted or just quickly re-blogged or re-tweeted via condensed summaries.

Editorals are a little less vulnerable to this, but even they are swiftly pulled out from behind their digital paywall if people deem them important enough.

All news, every opinion... it's all free on here. Every last bit of it.

 

[Razeus]

Apple needs to SPEND MORE on their app development. Like iTunes, News is complete trash. Apple does just enough to get the product to work and serviceable, then development just stops.

I'm still dealing with iTunes syncing issues that have existed since iTunes started - Apple News will be no different.

Sure it gets the job done, but with frustration and annoyance - stuff that shouldn't happen with a trillion dollar company.

 

[LivingMyBeachLife]

For everyone that's posting anti Apple News+ comments, they fail to realize there's Apple News (which everyone has) and Apple News+. For me it's a value. I have access to magazines that I would have to pay for.

 

[DeepIn2U]

All news on the internet is free. Name me a time in the history of the internet where it wasn't. Go on, try. I promise you, you won't be able to do it. That's because the second it comes out, it's screen-captured, copy-and-pasted or just quickly re-blogged or re-tweeted via condensed summaries.

Editorals are a little less vulnerable to this, but even they are swiftly pulled out from behind their digital paywall if people deem them important enough.

All news, every opinion... it's all free on here. Every last bit of it.

Time:
BBS on 3600 Baud and today!
Late 1800’s to present!

1. Financial Times, Financial Post, Bloomberg and Reuters are ALL online and you cannot view all their articles form time or current day for free!
Try it on your phone tablet or PC/Mac/Linux machines you cannot without a subscription see ALL their content of news.

All newspapers worth their weight in content and excellent writing (not talking about blogs here) is paid content. (Sure one could steal a newspaper doesn’t make its content free tho).

There you’ve dropped the gauntlet I’ve answered now test what I’ve said and I’ll bet you real news isn’t publicly available. Not copy/cut/pasted:

1. Not everyone or anyone one is posting ALL daily global, regional, nor local news for free. Copying a headline and reposting or sharing on any social media is NOt news it’s a headline. The content within is the news and not all news as I’ve said and gave 3 examples is NOT publicly free.

So in the words of the Virgin Mary ‘come again?’

 

[Thebrochure]

Time:
BBS on 3600 Baud and today!
Late 1800’s to present!

1. Financial Times, Financial Post, Bloomberg and Reuters are ALL online and you cannot view all their articles form time or current day for free!
Try it on your phone tablet or PC/Mac/Linux machines you cannot without a subscription see ALL their content of news.

All newspapers worth their weight in content and excellent writing (not talking about blogs here) is paid content. (Sure one could steal a newspaper doesn’t make its content free tho).

There you’ve dropped the gauntlet I’ve answered now test what I’ve said and I’ll bet you real news isn’t publicly available. Not copy/cut/pasted:

1. Not everyone or anyone one is posting ALL daily global, regional, nor local news for free. Copying a headline and reposting or sharing on any social media is NOt news it’s a headline. The content within is the news and not all news as I’ve said and gave 3 examples is NOT publicly free.

So in the words of the Virgin Mary ‘come again?’

Everything listed there is totally on the internet lol. A financial report, an article in a newspaper, all of it. One quick search, and it's all in front of your eyes.

If something is behind a paywall, there is someone else reading it and reposting it in a matter of seconds. I think that's the part you're not understanding: information is viral, and it doesn't stay put. So news articles are only behind a paywall for a very short, trivial amount of time. Then they are set free. And if not then, other competing "free" services are bringing the same story to the masses along side it.

 

[DeepIn2U]

Everything listed there is totally on the internet lol. A financial report, an article in a newspaper, all of it. One quick search, and it's all in front of your eyes.

If something is behind a paywall, there is someone else reading it and reposting it in a matter of seconds. I think that's the part you're not understanding: information is viral, and it doesn't stay put. So news articles are only behind a paywall for a very short, trivial amount of time. Then they are set free. And if not then, other competing "free" services are bringing the same story to the masses along side it.

Please - RE-READ FULLY what I posted.

1. I never said what I typed is NOT on the internet.
2. I specifically stated those sources have news that is NOT elsewhere (the research or content within may differ even if the company or topic is the same). The source maybe the same but the research, fact-checking, interviews, etc is NOT accessible for FREE. And specifics you may not find anywhere.

So find me a specific listing in any of those news outlets I've stated is FULLY available SAME content SAME article for FREE elsehwere on the internet. Post a big blog about it and share it across the internet and continue to do so for ALL news articles from these sources and put them out of business.

But I doubt you can, since you're still stuck on what is on internet as news vs my rebuttal what is FREE and what is NOT free on the internet. Crazy thought right? hmm.

Something is behind a paywall - then someone or a team maybe creating the source. They may be the ONLY source and such paywalls have implementations in place that you cannot copy/paste/screenshot etc. There are HTML4/5/etc code that can fully prevent 3rd party tools from accessing it. Heck a particular global news business has fully prevented Google's own webcrawling tech from sourcing data.

Just cause something is out there doesn't mean you'll find it everywhere. don't believe the hype.

So Pick an article on Bloomberg, Reuters, Financial Times, Financial Post, The New Yorker (that is fully internet based) and show me it's source being behind a paywall, then show me the exact like/for/like article and content for free elsewhere.

I'll wait.

 

[Thebrochure]

Please - RE-READ FULLY what I posted.

1. I never said what I typed is NOT on the internet.
2. I specifically stated those sources have news that is NOT elsewhere (the research or content within may differ even if the company or topic is the same). The source maybe the same but the research, fact-checking, interviews, etc is NOT accessible for FREE. And specifics you may not find anywhere.

So find me a specific listing in any of those news outlets I've stated is FULLY available SAME content SAME article for FREE elsehwere on the internet. Post a big blog about it and share it across the internet and continue to do so for ALL news articles from these sources and put them out of business.

But I doubt you can, since you're still stuck on what is on internet as news vs my rebuttal what is FREE and what is NOT free on the internet. Crazy thought right? hmm.

Something is behind a paywall - then someone or a team maybe creating the source. They may be the ONLY source and such paywalls have implementations in place that you cannot copy/paste/screenshot etc. There are HTML4/5/etc code that can fully prevent 3rd party tools from accessing it. Heck a particular global news business has fully prevented Google's own webcrawling tech from sourcing data.

Just cause something is out there doesn't mean you'll find it everywhere. don't believe the hype.

So Pick an article on Bloomberg, Reuters, Financial Times, Financial Post, The New Yorker (that is fully internet based) and show me it's source being behind a paywall, then show me the exact like/for/like article and content for free elsewhere.

I'll wait.

I said news was free.

News.

 

[DeepIn2U]

I said news was free.

News.

Again re-read what I said you stated was not true.

Not all news is free.

Source of news (which is what is going on life we all live or don't live) the actual 'content/data' that ends up as the basis of the news that is available, that is free, but news which is content to consume/learn/educate from is NOT all free. Next time be more specific in your rebuttal.

 

[Thebrochure]

Again re-read what I said you stated was not true.

Not all news is free.

Source of news (which is what is going on life we all live or don't live) the actual 'content/data' that ends up as the basis of the news that is available, that is free, but news which is content to consume/learn/educate from is NOT all free. Next time be more specific in your rebuttal.

When I said all news on the internet is free, I was being specific. You misunderstood what I said, then went on some silly tangent because for whatever reason, it's super, super important for you to place that blame on me instead of yourself where it belongs.

If it were me, I'd have said something along the lines of, "Sorry. I guess I misunderstood what you said. My bad." But then, arguing with complete strangers online has never really been my thing.

 

[CoMoMacUser]

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I did this, but when I clicked on the redemption email from BB, it takes me Apple, which says three months. Did a chat with BB, whose agent gave me a BB number to call. Not interested in talking to another agent or sitting on hold, so just gave up.

 

[ipedro]

I’ve really come to enjoy Apple News. It’s now my first stop when reading news because it aggregates all sorts of news and views from across the spectrum. I want to have my views challenged.

The real value is in all the magazines that are included in News+. If you’re a magazine reader, it’s an absolute steal. Just my GQ, PopSci and National Geographic subscriptions were more than what I’d pay for News+. Now it’s included in Apple One, it’s just fantastic value.

What I think Apple News needs more of now is exposure to a larger audience, perhaps through Apple’s more established platforms. Apple TV+ is starting to take off. The remaining gaps there are live sports and live news. I’d love to see a nightly news program anchored by an established name in news.

Apple can make a major difference in a world that has been broken into factions that interpret facts loosely, by establishing a well researched, traditional news broadcast not founded in opinion, but in delivering the facts.

I hear someone is available…