Worst Ads in a News App
This was my go-to news app for years. I trusted their content and it was easy to use.
However, they have since
single-handedly ruined their app with a recent update. They have added ads at every level. This is the ONLY news app that will push an ad prior to clicking on a headline. It’s obnoxious and shows profit before news and community awareness. For example, an urgent alert was pushed to my phone stating law enforcement requests the community’s help in identifying a murder suspect on the run. Click the link and they push a video ad first. How many people are going to cancel out of the ad before getting to the news alert thus decreasing the exposure of the info? The optics are very bad on this one KPRC. Find a way to generate advert income (like all the other news apps) without compromising the safety of our community and their engagement.
However, they have since
single-handedly ruined their app with a recent update. They have added ads at every level. This is the ONLY news app that will push an ad prior to clicking on a headline. It’s obnoxious and shows profit before news and community awareness. For example, an urgent alert was pushed to my phone stating law enforcement requests the community’s help in identifying a murder suspect on the run. Click the link and they push a video ad first. How many people are going to cancel out of the ad before getting to the news alert thus decreasing the exposure of the info? The optics are very bad on this one KPRC. Find a way to generate advert income (like all the other news apps) without compromising the safety of our community and their engagement.
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