Trapped in ads!
How dare I watch a news video fullscreen?! I paid my dues watching a garbage ad at the beginning, then the video played, with full player support, cast to device, mute, playback controls... Then the article was finished, but were they? NO! Here's a second advertisement at the end, and NO PLAYBACK CONTROLS! NO fullscreen, NO mute, NO playback controls or even an X! Just "Learn More" and nothing to do but either 1. Watch another advertisement until control is restored. OR 2. Force-quit the offensive over-advertising application.
I won't be doing THAT much longer before my resolution is to REMOVE THIS APP.
I won't be doing THAT much longer before my resolution is to REMOVE THIS APP.
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New update
For some reason when I get notified about something with the app on my iPhone it only brings me to a screen that has me select what I want notifications on and location. Even when I put it in it stays on that page. I am no longer able to bring up the news story from the notification. I have never had this issues before and have deleted the App and added it back, still nothing…
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Best Alerts
This is absolutely the best news app for TPA/STP and regional Florida breaking news/weather/traffic. I am tried all the news Apps for this area and none come close to News Channel 8. I am amazed -- and impressed -- by the timely and very informative push alerts I receive on my iPhone. They have helped me navigate traffic and stay informed of crime. WELL DONE News 8 WFLA!
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Swipe to go back
The recent update removed the swipe back gesture to return to the main page after reading an article. This is a terrible UX change. Not just with this app, but any of the sister stations that use the same platform.
Too many ads
So frustrating I deleted this app. Every time I’d tap on the notification of a story I’d like to READ, I’d get ads. Once I’d swipe all the ads away, I’d get a video about the story. I don’t want the video as others in the house are watching tv and don’t want to hear what I’m doing on my device. Sometimes the news story’s there, many times it isn’t. Tired of wasting time on it...
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New updates
I get notifications of top stories but nowadays, when I tap on the notification, it doesn’t even show up in the news feed. Very frustrating! It didn’t used to be this way.
The app keeps cutting out
I used to love watching WFLA news in the morning but, started having trouble with the app crashing on my iPad a year ago. I try it every few months with no success. Had to switch to Fox 13. No problems with their app. Sorry.
The app is terrible. The channel is great
Well the channel on the Internet is wonderful, the app is worthless. There’s a lot more advertising than anything else and the new story sir pretty much worthless with advertisements every inch or two. I highly recommend you watch the channel on the Internet and never download this app. It has been absolutely worthless to me and I am deleting it today. I’ve had it for four months and have not gotten one piece of news off of it worth seen. Most of it is Outdated news.
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Too many advertisements!!
I do understand a that a “free” app has to somehow pay for itself… But there are so many ads that you can’t even really enjoy reading the articles. I was just looking for an APP for local news, but this one is almost unusable… Will probably just delete it
Radar
I don’t care for the radar on this app and that’s the main reason I got it. For some reason it is blank on the right side of the radar map and I am not able to move it over to see my city. Very frustrating I will not be using this app, this is the second time I got it and still not happy with it. Not even worth one star
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