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Some publishers who have joined Apple News+ are unhappy with the launch of the service and have shared details on some "early headaches" with media site Digiday.

When encouraging publications to sign up, Apple promised design resources and templates for customizing content for the Apple News format, but as it turns out, Apple is shutting out some smaller publications and "playing favorites" with larger publishers.

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All participating publishers have been provided with an email address for sending pitches for design help, but a smaller group of publishers has been provided with access to a private Slack channel.
But a smaller, select group of publishers were invited to join a private Slack channel where they could connect with Apple more directly, a move that exasperated several sources when they were informed of the channel's existence. "They're basically playing favorites," that first source said. "It always seems to be good for the big guys, but not for the rest of us."
Apple has not provided Apple-designed article or content templates to publishers and has "largely outsourced" templates to vendors, which has resulted in bugs and other issues, along with much more work for publishers.

Magazine publishers need to use tools to scan PDFs and convert them into individual articles and advertisements, but the technology is said to be so buggy that each issue needs to be "effectively copy- and design-edited all over again."

Smaller magazines that don't have the resources for these full redesigns need to either invest time and money anyway or submit a PDF instead. A lot of the content within Apple News+ at the current time is PDF-based, which does not make for the greatest user reading experience.

Publishers are also said to be frustrated with the "uneven user experience" in Apple News with the split between PDFs and the new Apple News format. "You think of Apple, and they're so design-conscious," said one publisher. "This doesn't feel like that at all."

According to Digiday, the publishers that it spoke to said that the flaws in Apple News+ do not "bode well for its long-term future" unless Apple adapts its approach and makes some key changes to the service.


Apple News+ users have also expressed frustration with the service, and at MacRumors we've heard numerous complaints from Apple customers confused by the unintuitive user interface and unhappy with the lack of features.

Article Link: Some Publishers Unhappy With Apple News+ Launch and Lack of Help From Apple
 
there you have it, the new apple under tim cook, but we are trolls and haters, i remember apple used to be real good at costumer support but just like everything else in apple, even that has declined, but of course that doesn’t have to do nothing with apple leadership, right. so not only the service sucks but also the support, welcome to the new apple, we only care about taking your money, after that you are in your own

things will have to go bad and from bad to worse untill we finally get rid of tim so then things can go back to be good once again

oh yes also cool because mr cook is not cool at all

the men simply kills the asmosphere with his precense
 
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Haters and other nonsense aside, Apple has a good thing going with News+, but the team they assigned to handle the launch did a pretty bad job. Searching for articles is hard, and trying to open e.g. a WSJ article from the web on Apple News+ is more difficult than it needs to be.

Apple should spend more money to hire more (and better) people to manage Apple News+.
 
I subscribed for two days and then promptly unsubscribed. They are competing with free news services, cheap magazine subscriptions, and other content in the space. So 9.99 is the cost of a yearly magazine subscription. I would need to read 12 magazines to really get value out of the service.

Agreed … I don't see how Apple will make a paid news/publication service survive with so much free content across the Internet. Heck, many people get their news in 140 character bytes from Twitter anyway :rolleyes:
 
there you have it, the new apple under tim cook, but we are trolls and haters, i remember apole used to be real good at costumer support but just like everything else in apple, even that has declined, but of course that doesn’t have to do nothing with apple leadership, right. so not only the service sucks but also the support, welcome to the new apple, we inly care about taking your money, after that you are in your own

things will have to go bad and from bad to worse untill we finally get rid if tim so then things can go back to be good once again

oh yes also cool because mr cook is not cool at all

the men simply kills the asmosphere with his precense

Tim plays the game like a champ, why offer support when you can exploit without it
 
It’s a overcrowded cluttered mess that could be so easy. Just show me a list of categories initially or a basic search to download the latest issue with a subscribe button underneath and everything appears in a alphabetic or genre order in a dedicated „my magazines“ area. Sent me a push if a new issue has been made available and downloads as soon as I finished reading the prior issue (sort of like Netflix automatic download queue function)
 
It’s a overcrowded cluttered mess that could be so easy. Just show me a list of categories initially or a basic search to download the latest issue with a subscribe button underneath and everything appears in a alphabetic or genre order in a dedicated „my magazines“ area. Sent me a push if a new issue has been made available and downloads as soon as I finished reading the prior issue (sort of like Netflix automatic download queue function)

you've obviously never picked up a Magazine at any newsstand, they are no different, a cluttered mess, filled with ads, and a font point size that even people that don't need glasses might need readers to see
 
there you have it, the new apple under tim cook, but we are trolls and haters, i remember apple used to be real good at costumer support but just like everything else in apple, even that has declined, but of course that doesn’t have to do nothing with apple leadership, right. so not only the service sucks but also the support, welcome to the new apple, we only care about taking your money, after that you are in your own

things will have to go bad and from bad to worse untill we finally get rid of tim so then things can go back to be good once again

oh yes also cool because mr cook is not cool at all

the men simply kills the asmosphere with his precense
You’re not “trolls and haters”, as some have legitimate concerns. However having said that selective memory is sometimes at play and the focus is only on the negative and ignore the positive.

But I dont share you’re world view of Apple.
 
there you have it, the new apple under tim cook, but we are trolls and haters, i remember apple used to be real good at costumer support but just like everything else in apple, even that has declined, but of course that doesn’t have to do nothing with apple leadership, right. so not only the service sucks but also the support, welcome to the new apple, we only care about taking your money, after that you are in your own

things will have to go bad and from bad to worse untill we finally get rid of tim so then things can go back to be good once again

oh yes also cool because mr cook is not cool at all

the men simply kills the asmosphere with his precense


I hate it, but I agree with you
 
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you've obviously never picked up a Magazine at any newsstand, they are no different, a cluttered mess, filled with ads, and a font point size that even people that don't need glasses might need readers to see

Huh i am not talking about the magazines itself. I am talking about the News+ App and it’s UI before even „picking“ a magazine
 
You’re not “trolls and haters”, as some have legitimate concerns. However having said that selective memory is sometimes at play and the focus is only on the negative and ignore the positive.

But I dont share you’re world view of Apple.
fair enough, we can respectfully disagree, that’s the beauty of it, is ok to disagree, we just see things in a diferent way, nothing wrong with that

something that i will like to mention is that i just don’t see the bad
i see both sides of the coin
but i am realistic, when they do something right i give then credit too
but i can’t clap or say that is fine when they make a bendable ipad pro, bad keyboards and the list goes on

is not my fault that tim has more bads than goods

:D

regards :)
 
As an avid podcast listener, I can honestly say, of the many long discussions by various people I've yet to hear anything positive about this new service.
Other than, it's just about ok for someone who just like to light browse some stuff.
 
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I subscribed for two days and then promptly unsubscribed. They are competing with free news services, cheap magazine subscriptions, and other content in the space.

I haven't done the free trial - but since Apple keeps shoving the News+ story headlines in my face regardless, I feel like it's possible to get a sense of the quality of their offering. And I'm just not seeing the value, at least for me.
 
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