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Can We Consider Apple Newsstand to be Crapware?

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SomeDudeAsking

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Newsstand is all about foisting something into your face (sorta like an ad) to make you buy magazine subscriptions. There is no way to get rid of it. It seems to me that it is bundled crapware in iOS. The only reason it is there is to make you spend more money.
 
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If you don't use it, then stick it away in a folder where it won't bother you.

I use it, and enjoy it. BTW - I think you meant "subscriptions".
 
It actually does fit the definition. Persobally, i dont mind it BUT if a news app that is undeletable was on any other device it would be called bloatware so why not judge it the same on iOS devices? I have mine set to the last page but I'd prefer to just delete it.

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TheRealDamager said:
If you don't use it, then stick it away in a folder where it won't bother you..
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You can't. That the problem.
 
You can't put Newsstand in a folder. It is preloaded with no way to uninstall it or hide it. It just takes up space like an ad that never goes away.
 
TheRealDamager said:
If you don't use it, then stick it away in a folder where it won't bother you.

I use it, and enjoy it. BTW - I think you meant "subscriptions".
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Shame that, without hacks, you can't "stick it away in a folder where it won't bother you."

On the iPhone, Newsstand is (for most people) crapware.... but, on the iPad (which uses the same iOS), it's extremely useful and used by most.
 
cyks said:
Shame that, without hacks, you can't "stick it away in a folder where it won't bother you."

On the iPhone, Newsstand is (for most people) crapware.... but, on the iPad (which uses the same iOS), it's extremely useful and used by most.
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On the iPad, it is still bundled bloatware designed to sell you magazine subscriptions. Why do you say that it is "used by most"? Do you have stats?
 
It should either be a downloadable app with the "newsstand store" built in, like iBooks and the iBookstore.

Or magazines/newspapers should just be integrated into iBooks.
 
For a lot of people, like myself, Newsstand is a major aspect of iOS. It keeps together most of my newspaper and magazine subscriptions in one place, and downloads new editions automatically.
Couldn't live without it!
 
Newsstand is useful to those who use it. What Apple should do is give us a "Only show when Newsstand Apps are installed" option. Same for Passbook.
 
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imacken said:
For a lot of people, like myself, Newsstand is a major aspect of iOS. It keeps together most of my newspaper and magazine subscriptions in one place, and downloads new editions automatically.
Couldn't live without it!
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1., So you couldn't put all of your media apps in a separate folder all together?
2., Does newsstand auto download content over cellular networks? I could see some people blowing through their 250MB from ATT real quick from that without knowing.
 
You can still put it in a folder with this program (no jailbreak required, works on all devices).
 

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cyks said:
Shame that, without hacks, you can't "stick it away in a folder where it won't bother you."

On the iPhone, Newsstand is (for most people) crapware.... but, on the iPad (which uses the same iOS), it's extremely useful and used by most.
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source on that?

hasnt been my experience at all

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rMacBookPro said:
You can still put it in a folder with this program (no jailbreak required, works on all devices).
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except that doesnt work unfortunately
 
SomeDudeAsking said:
The only reason it is there is to make you spend more money.
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as is the app store.
as is the iTunes store.

although granted those can be put into a folder.

Just because you don't use them, doesn't mean other people don't.
 
JoeyCloverfield said:
Newsstand is useful to those who use it. What Apple should do is give us a "Only show when Newsstand Apps are installed" option. Same for Passbook.
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They should just give us the option to hide any of the default apps (except Settings, obviously). It's not like they haven't done it before: in the Nike+ settings you can choose to show or hide the app.

Just add a settings page with all the apps listed and a toggle next to each.
 
Honestly Newsstand would be a lot better if the actual news apps were good.

Some of them have the ********* UI ever making it hard to enter your info, tons of error messages, etc.

Plus Newsstand obviously wasn't designed for the iPhone...it was for the iPad.
 
SomeDudeAsking said:
On the iPad, it is still bundled bloatware designed to sell you magazine subscriptions. Why do you say that it is "used by most"? Do you have stats?
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Do you have stats to the contrary?
The only stat I see lately and in the past is you coming in here and slamming iOS or Apple for something.
What I would really like to see is SomeDudeAsking less and less inane dumb topics.
 
By the pure power of my will I managed to ignore the icon and not buy any subscription. It takes most of my daytime to keep up that willpower and often I have nightmares where I am forced to open the app and subsriptions are coming at me to get my soul. But it is worth it to resist. Every single day I don't buy a subscription it is a small victory. Apple, your evil plan has not worked out...yet! MUST...RESIST...TO...OPEN...NEWSSTAND...MUST...TURN...MY...EYES...AWAY...FROM...ICON
 
rMacBookPro said:
Well, it worked on my second try. I shutdown, plugged in my iphone to my computer, started it up, and as soon as it was recognised I hit the "Hide Newsstand" Button.
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Am I understanding this right..? So instead of the News stand icon being there it creates a new folder called magic? Can that be renamed? Seems pointless to replace one icon with another if you cant.
 
rorschach said:
They should just give us the option to hide any of the default apps (except Settings, obviously). It's not like they haven't done it before: in the Nike+ settings you can choose to show or hide the app.

Just add a settings page with all the apps listed and a toggle next to each.
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Agreed. I meant that my idea is the least Apple could do.
 
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