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Eddy Cue Discusses Why Apple Made a Pre-Installed News App
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The fact that one tries to justify something means that something is not right....
Since when has apple been apologetically?
Apple News not so (UN)APOLOGETICALLY useless!!!!
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As for the "We've only created the apps that we think everyone uses every day" isn't that what every developer does? (or at least aim at?)
I only make apps I belive nobody use, I do it just for the heck of it!
Since when has apple been apologetically?
Apple News not so (UN)APOLOGETICALLY useless!!!!
EDIT:
As for the "We've only created the apps that we think everyone uses every day" isn't that what every developer does? (or at least aim at?)
I only make apps I belive nobody use, I do it just for the heck of it!
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Amen, if Apple were really concerned about freedom and truth then they would figure out how to get real news published instead of the propaganda that we get now. Instead I believe this is just another way to hype the propaganda by controlling what users can view. Apple's existence is based in part on hyper political correctness and this is just part of the charade.
I love Apple News. I enjoy getting my news from all these different apps they all seem to have stories the others don't as Trump (for pres)<--rofl] as he says; It's Great.
This has inspired to look through and rank the Apple Apps i use most in order excluding the big 4 i feel like a lot of us could use music, safari, messages/phone, and yes i probably consider this an App and will exclude too--> App Store
USE ERRRDAY:
USE OCCASIONALLY
USE NEVER
For anyone with a 16 GB phone
This has inspired to look through and rank the Apple Apps i use most in order excluding the big 4 i feel like a lot of us could use music, safari, messages/phone, and yes i probably consider this an App and will exclude too--> App Store
USE ERRRDAY:
- News
- Podcasts
- Weather
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Apple Watch app
- Activity app
- Notes
- Reminders
- Photos
- Apple's Camera app (i've downloaded 3rd party cam apps and i always wind up back w/ simplicity probably bc im not a photo-buff and i don't understand half the sh*t on the 3rd party apps lol)
USE OCCASIONALLY
- Voice Memos
- iCloud Drive (when i looked; i keep a surprising amount of **** in there)
- *Apple Maps ( since being hired by orderUP i will never use anything but Google Maps again, i get it now)
- **Wallet (the actual app i don't use much, but i use Apple Pay whenever i can)
- Tips (Obviously I don't need them, however this app has been a savior from having to explain dumb sh*t to my mom)
USE NEVER
- Stocks
- iBooks (if im gonna read i need a book)
- Find Friends
- Contacts
- Compass
- Find my iPhone (IMMA HAWK B*TCH)
- Videos
- Facetime (i was in a f*cked up relationship for 5 years til August, she was essentially; and sadly because she is beautiful; afraid of herself so yeah FaceTime happened 1 time in 5 years; will change when i get bak out there i like FaceTiming w/ women vs just texting or talking)
- iTunes Store app
- Clock (i set alarms w/ Siri feel like an Alarm app would be 20x more useful at this point)
For anyone with a 16 GB phone
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To the Authors of the Posts above... I Say Thank You!
It's very refreshing to hear from the voices of free thinking, intelligent, independent Apple customers.
Cheers
I have a Apple Watch app on my phone and I never intend to get a watch. That's worse than a nag screen, at least I can click out of that. That stupid app is always there. It would take iOS devs about 10 minutes to create a toggle that can "hide" apps. Would save us all from last page folders of useless junk.
You can do that for many apps... i am sure more will follow
https://snapguide.com/guides/hide-default-apps-on-your-iphoneipad/
In a follow-up to an interview Apple executive Eddy Cue had with CNN senior correspondent Brian Stelter a month ago, the senior vice president of Internet software and services discussed Apple's thoughts on the News app, which launched alongside iOS 9 in September. When asked why Apple decided to turn it into a pre-installed app, Cue offered a look into how Apple determines what constitutes a pre-installed app.
Cue goes on to say that Apple believes the app is a "really, really important application for the world," noting that good journalism is important to Apple. News organizations, Cue says, have to worry about creating their own apps, interfaces and user experiences. Apple believes something like the News app can streamline this and help news organizations focus on journalism. Apple believes that the app benefits local news outlets that can't afford to create their own apps. Furthermore, Cue says Apple even thought about how small outfits like upstart news organizations and church newsletters could use News to distribute information.
Apple is also working on a version of the app for China, Cue tells CNNMoney. When asked whether the company is running into censorship problems in the country, Cue says that it's not. Instead, Cue notes that Apple has a "great working relationship" in China and that Apple Music, its App Store and retail stores in the country show that they know how to work in China.
Finally, Cue says that Apple has no plans to hire journalists and create content of their own. Instead, Apple's goal with News is to "empower those journalists to get their content to the right customer."
In late October, Tim Cook said that Apple News had approximately 40 million users. However, Cook didn't reveal whether that number was regular users or customers who had simply checked out the app, making it difficult to determine how many people truly use Apple News. Apple has partnered with dozens of publications for Apple News, including CNN, The New York Times, ESPN and more. To get the latest news and rumors from MacRumors, make sure to add MacRumors to Apple News by clicking this link.
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I just wish it were a usable app. I end up spending several minutes refreshing just to get the latest news, and then it crashes. There are two subjects I couldn't care less about: Sports and Celebrity gossip. The News app doesn't allow me to focus on the news I might use.
The Google News website works for me, and when I want more I have bookmarked the five or six newspapers to which I subscribe.
The Google News website works for me, and when I want more I have bookmarked the five or six newspapers to which I subscribe.
Its hilarious when one idiot conspiracy theorist is called out as being part of a conspiracy ... by another idiot conspiracy theorist. They all should go to crazy town and leave the rest of us alone.
Can someone explain how I can get more than just Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and CNN in the SIRI SUGGESTIONS page? I have added a ton of news preferences to the News app. Why doesn't the SIRI news feed off the news app?
I wish the news app had background refresh. I had launching the news app only to wait up to 30 seconds for new stories to appear.
Anyone else feel like News is one of the most forgettable apps in iOS? I literally forget it exists all the time. I even went through the trouble of setting it up multiple times with the beta and after I did some clean iOS installs. I only hear about it on here. I'll open it up, look around, and then never use it again until MacRumors reminds me that it exists.
Twitter, Reddit and YouTube is where it's at for me. I follow my favorite blogs like MacRumors, 9to5, Petapixel, Smashing Magazine, CSS Tricks, Breaking News, Weather Underground, Polygon, Lifehacker, etc and that keeps me up-to-date. I listen to podcasts and video podcasts while at work. If I don't have time to read it I shove it in Pocket for later. It's simple and it works.
You know what else I never use? That suggestions screen to the left of the main home screen. It populates news at the bottom and I always forget about that. I use the app suggestion feature when I swipe down, but only if it's an app I was already looking for.
Twitter, Reddit and YouTube is where it's at for me. I follow my favorite blogs like MacRumors, 9to5, Petapixel, Smashing Magazine, CSS Tricks, Breaking News, Weather Underground, Polygon, Lifehacker, etc and that keeps me up-to-date. I listen to podcasts and video podcasts while at work. If I don't have time to read it I shove it in Pocket for later. It's simple and it works.
You know what else I never use? That suggestions screen to the left of the main home screen. It populates news at the bottom and I always forget about that. I use the app suggestion feature when I swipe down, but only if it's an app I was already looking for.
I should change the region to have a look at the News app. It's a long time ago I did that...
I don't need and never use these:
And I don't want to have apps in the settings that are not even on my phone:
I don't need and never use these:
And I don't want to have apps in the settings that are not even on my phone:
You can get the News app in Canada - just set the localization to US (settings->general->language®ion->region). I tried it. Really not impressed. No way to filter content, no separation into topics so that everything is jumbled in one stream, many really old articles for some reason and last but not least, ads. There is no adblocking here so you get hit with all the crazy crap that was so annoying in safari before adblockers. After using it for a couple of weeks I gave up. Back to google news and twitter. much better experience for me.
Actually, the people still using the Tips app every day are probably the same ones using the News app too.