Needs updating. Too many fake news links.
It’s a decent local news app, but it needs to be updated and it’s got too many advertising links dressed up as fake news stories.
The app needs to be formatted for different size phones. The fonts look huge on my iPhone 6 Plus and there’s no way to adjust the font size. The notifications are also annoying and should be controllable within the app, perhaps to allow for different kinds of alerts you may want or don’t want (e.g. all news, local news, weather, sports, traffic, politics).
The fake news links to advertising are a real disappointment. You’d think a news app, especially ABC, would want to maintain the integrity of their news outlet and not list a bunch of fake news links after their stories under “You might also be interested in...” That’s just lame.
The app needs to be formatted for different size phones. The fonts look huge on my iPhone 6 Plus and there’s no way to adjust the font size. The notifications are also annoying and should be controllable within the app, perhaps to allow for different kinds of alerts you may want or don’t want (e.g. all news, local news, weather, sports, traffic, politics).
The fake news links to advertising are a real disappointment. You’d think a news app, especially ABC, would want to maintain the integrity of their news outlet and not list a bunch of fake news links after their stories under “You might also be interested in...” That’s just lame.
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Too Many Advertisements
While an outstanding app. I've grown up with ABC 7 and I will always be loyal to Eyewitness News and WABC as I've been watching the program for 20 years. I understand the necessity to use advertisements to make the app profitable, but to have a 30-60 second advertisement play prior to every video playing is a bit ludicrous. I could understand having it after every 4-5 videos but every video to have to watch a 30-60 second ad in a world like New York where things move quickly. Sometimes we just want to watch the content uninterrupted you know? That's my only gripe! Offer a paid version of these apps without the advertisements. It's an even bigger slap to the face when the advertisement is longer than the actual video itself.. 😞.
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Flooded with ads and link bait
Used to love this app. But now so many stories seem like link bait. A page will have two lines about the story buried within tons of ads and link bait. I don't mind some ads, but when it takes me twelve pages to read what is actually a small paragraph, that's ridiculous. Short interviews and videos are unnecessarily divided up into multiple clips, each requiring a 30 second ad. App deleted, I like abc news but I can get news much easier with the other major network apps.
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Best News App Ever!!
I love this app it keeps me up to date with the latest News!! I recently was out of town and was able to check in on what's happening in my town! They are very reliable with breaking News! Five stars from me!! Also the stories are in great written details if you're not watching live!
Up to the minute news updates
The ABC7NY news app is my #1 source for breaking news in New York City. Minutes after something happens, I get an alert on my phone with relevant details and information that helps me navigate my day. I love and recommend this app for every New Yorker, tourist and long term visitor. In the city that never sleeps, you need a vehicle that keeps you in the fold, and this app rates #1, hands down!
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Nice app
Brief news but screen scrolls up suddenly as I'm reading through news content; otherwise, yeah, it's good
Update needed
Works superbly on my iPad (1) but crashes on loading on iPad Air.
Update needed soon please as this is one of my most used apps!
Update needed soon please as this is one of my most used apps!
CRAP by TeaMoon -2-Feb-2014
App crashes every single time.In the 7 months since this app launched,ABC Digital has seemingly made no attempt to fix this problem.The old WABC app was far superior to this.Just go to the WABC website instead.
Latest update has bugs
I downloaded the latest update a couple of days ago, and ever since then this normally great app has trouble loading content, and issue frequent error messages. One reads: "An error has occurred. The operation couldn't be completed. (Cocoa error 1560.)" Hope you can sort this out real soon.
