Bias, ads, and other spam.
This app is trash. Very bias and controlled news stories, every few post is spam and even worse now random ads. Pure trash.
Crashes
When reading an article the app crashes if an app is unable for news it’s unreliable deserving a zero.
ipaper scam
I deleted this after several times the ipaper pop up locks the screen until you say yes to them, the only way to shut it down is to close the app and start again. If ipaper thinks this will get me to subscribe then they are too dumb to run a news paper as it has the opposite effect.
Very Poor
Compared to your Chromebook or web site versions, this is absolute rubbish.
Still good but
Pretty nice way to see multiple news stories in one place but it seems Google has removed the option to hide/block sources
Paywalls
Very frustrating when half the articles you select to read are paywalled. Do they really expect that I’m going to have 25 different subscriptions just to read the news? They have turned this into a ridiculously useless app.
Shoves right wing news down your throat
Used to be able to filter away bad faith news sources like Fox News. Now Google’s algorithm shoves right wing fascist news down your throat.
Why ?
Why install news on peoples phone that wanna charge us to view it ? Keep this bs to yourselves then
There is no audio
There needs to be audio on the apps so if you have a vision problem, you can hear it versus reading every It’s not a problem, but it should have audio built-in These app apps do not have audio built-in if someone can direct me to it I will be grateful
Locks up
I had to delete this app. After clicking on a New York Times article it locked up and kept trying to force me to enter my email and sign in to Google which I didn’t want to do. No back arrow or way to close the window. I think their only goal is to collect meta-data from you. Which I understand but when they decide to force it on you, that’s where I draw the line. Do not instal this app.
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No option to remove pay walled source
When it comes to social media and news there is apparently no money in allowing users to choose their own content and instead they choose deliver a never-ending stream of curated content. Google News doubles down on this and no longer allows me to remove pay walled sites or sources that I don’t like. The lack of control and choice is intentional and never going away.
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Most articles require paid access.
Most articles require paid access. Such a waste.
Crashes
You get 1/3 of the way through an article, and it crashes. Almost every time.
Do better!
Do better!
Still leans too far left
Still believe most of the news stories are leaning too far left. But it does have two good points that makes me use it every day. First, you can actually hide news stories from people you don’t want to see for whatever reason, that is a good thing. Second, the “follow” section makes it easy to follow topics that you want to see. I really like that section and use it a lot. Thank you for it. As far as the ads are concerned, they’re gonna be there. I really nothing you can do about it.
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Crashes
Articles with lots of ads and pop-ups will crash the app over 50% of the time. This has been a long term problem that I’ve hoped they would improve but they never do. Otherwise I love the app.
now forces X to be in a news source
No matter how you try. No matter how hard you look. No matter what you do. You can never get rid of X as a new source. It appears to be the only required new source for Google News and X gets to report, unverified, bogus, untruthful, rumors as legitimate news. Shame on Google. Shame on Google. Shame on Google.
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Thumbs down
No really, thumbs down is the problem with this app. No matter how many times I click “suggest less” it keeps feeding me rugby, cricket, tennis and MMA stories. The algorithm appears to be impossible to train, rendering thr app useless.
Uninstalling after 1 day of frustration.
Uninstalling after 1 day of frustration.
Not current; not news
Wikipedia is more current than Google News. I’m tired of a news feed that shows articles from days or weeks ago. C’mon Google!
Constant lockouts
Been using google news for a long time. It’s honestly a good source for headlines but the use stops there. Yes some articles are free and others cost money which is understandable. What isn’t understandable is why when you do hit a paywall your entire app is locked down. You can’t go back. You have to close the app. I don’t believe an app should be allowed to lock your phone down like that into a pay trap - I won’t call it a paywall because you can turn back from a wall.
Also the app is full of clickbait and advertising that hijacks your phone screen.
It would be easy for Google to fix this but money is more important to them and they will never do anything.
Also the app is full of clickbait and advertising that hijacks your phone screen.
It would be easy for Google to fix this but money is more important to them and they will never do anything.
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Terrible App
This app is horrible. Every time I click the thumbs down “fewer articles like this,” it puts an article in the down-rated article’s place that had the same headline, only from a different outlet.
