App is broken
You have to sign in everytime you open the app so it's not even usable
Advertisements that kill your joy at attempting to read the news
Previously it was the full device screen ads that you often had to open the ad you were not interested in to get the screen to scroll. That has been fixed.
Now there are these ads that you scroll up to the point you are reading and the add keeps creeping you text lower and lower — talking about buzzkill for wanting to actually use the app.
Also, the delayed start, that is usually when it’s a video, it plays the ads a couple of seconds into the start of the video so a minutes worth of video and you’ve lost those first few words … why can’t they get this right? Play the commercials BEFORE the video starts … please!
Now there are these ads that you scroll up to the point you are reading and the add keeps creeping you text lower and lower — talking about buzzkill for wanting to actually use the app.
Also, the delayed start, that is usually when it’s a video, it plays the ads a couple of seconds into the start of the video so a minutes worth of video and you’ve lost those first few words … why can’t they get this right? Play the commercials BEFORE the video starts … please!
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Cannot avoid clicking ads
The app design is such that when scrolling CBC News on my phone, the scrolling launches the ads automatically even when I try assiduously to never touch them. I presume this is because the links extend beyond the borders of the visible ad image. I am so annoyed at having Expedia, in particular, repeatedly launch whenever I tried to read the news. This is unacceptable for one of the only free reputable news sources available to Canadian taxpayers. This business practice feels underhanded.
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Impossible to scroll
Can touch an add while scrolling without getting bumped out of the app, makes reading a story extremely frustrating.
Stop asking if I want your cookies
I am asked to accept cookies virtually every time I open the app.
