Publishers Reportedly Struggling to Monetize Privacy-Centric Apple News

[truthertech]

This was my thinking exactly. Apple News is currently free and "good enough" for some. They're slowly moving towards a pay model which, before you even realize it, will be locked into your apple ecosystem. I'm not a huge fan of Apple Music but at this point it would be more of a hassle for me to stop paying for it (or so i tell myself).

BTW one thing I WOULD like to see is a method of getting local news into this (or into Apple News itself). Currently I have to go to local websites or apps for local news, and they all suck. You can't click an article without being assaulted by poorly generated ads that all but take down your browser entirely, sometimes even before you can hit the Reading Mode button. Just try browsing wpxi.com for an example of what I mean.

You need to look at Apple news more carefully. My local news is available in it.

 

[erinsarah]

You need to look at Apple news more carefully. My local news is available in it.

I stand corrected...I never noticed that you can search your home town in the Search box and come up with results. It doesn't seem as straightforward as selecting a specific news site, but it aggregates news it finds about the city. I shall play....

 

[truthertech]

I stand corrected...I never noticed that you can search your home town in the Search box and come up with results. It doesn't seem as straightforward as selecting a specific news site, but it aggregates news it finds about the city. I shall play....

Check closer. Discovery is something that can be improved for sure, but I can select my local news source. Check under "channels." You can like/dislike sources there. They definitely should have some sort of FAQ, etc., more readily available to learn how to customize your feed.