everythingapplerainbow
macrumors regular
first day using Google news: it's slow a.f -> uninstall
Google News vs. Apple News on iOS
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AppLearnStay
macrumors newbie
then why are you on macrumors?? you think there is no bias here
eltoslightfoot
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Markoth
macrumors 6502
No, there’s plenty bias here, and I don’t know why you’d think I think there isn’t. Don’t put words in my mouth.
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Michael Goff
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Some top stories go through regardless. Let’s not pretend anyone in here wants there to be news about another school shooting every week or so.
Just as with Amazon, if Google & Facebook fell into the sea and rotted, I don't think anyone would lose any sleep. The sooner Apple develops all the skills and assets to EXCEED the technology of the others, the better. I don't have the same feelings for Microsoft, so much - they're institutionally inept to a certain degree, but not a BAD company, just missed a lot of boats.
Slightly veered there, but life is short and I wanted to express it.
Slightly veered there, but life is short and I wanted to express it.
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Radon87000
macrumors 604
Google news is way better to me.
Gonna give it a shot - does it have notifications? I really want an app that shows me notifications for serious worldwide breaking news stories but I haven't found one (or an RSS feed that does the same). CNN and USA Today are filled with political nonsense and non-stories because they make money by driving traffic to their sites.
Does anyone know of anything that will only show you extremely important stories?
Does anyone know of anything that will only show you extremely important stories?
Octoberist
macrumors member
The stutter in Google News is unacceptable. Scrolling is a mess.
Solomani
macrumors 601
Google and Apple are just (online) news stands here. They are not creating any news articles. They don't create news content. They are just publishing and curating news from the same articles you can already read from BBC, Guardian, NYT, LA Times, etc.
The difference is that they are presenting those sources all in one place, a convenience for many people. Do you people not understand what a newsstand is? It simply lets you browse all the different news sources in one place. I don't understand the great fret and animosity towards these apps. They do exactly what they are supposed to do.
They are simply the online version of THIS:
tombombadil66
macrumors newbie
Yes, I agree. It only takes a few minutes to be misinformed by the BBC, Guardian, New York Times etc. I look for as many first-hand sources as possible and try to avoid corporate media. Remember who owns it and ask yourself if they have an agenda. Look-up Oscar Calloway 1917. He argued against news companies being ‘bought’ for corporate interests. Also, check out Carl Bernstein’s work on Project Mockingbird.
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elmughrabi
macrumors member
Do we really need a better app for our ****** news ?
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I guess Apple news because it has Spotlight... which by default is on iOS.
It's Google, and probably would add to why people may prefer Apple News.
However it IS an iOS app, so hopefully Location Services is "Off" and Google won't by-pass that.
The good old days.
It's Google, and probably would add to why people may prefer Apple News.
However it IS an iOS app, so hopefully Location Services is "Off" and Google won't by-pass that.
The good old days.
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A number of posts have been deleted as the thread had derailed into PRSI discussion.
Please start a thread in the Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum if you want to discuss political bias in the press.
Would really like to try Apple News but it is still not available over here in the Netherlands ... does anybody out here have a clue why it takes this long to roll out this functionality to the rest of the world? (same goes for Apple Pay which still needs to be rolled out over here as well)
cicalinarrot
macrumors 6502a
Put on a tin foil hat then.
Come one, there are many good newspapers, clearly on one side or the other, and with a little common sense, you can easily understand what's biased in their news and extract facts. Just read from more sources when you're in doubt about something important.
Norwegian_Imposter
macrumors regular
Choice is simple for me. Google news. Not because I want to but because it’s the only one available between the two here in Norway.
Michael Goff
Suspended
On an iPhone X, a news app should stutter. And yet for me it does.
The Game 161
macrumors Nehalem
Will download google news and see but hardly going to be any different