Hidden pay wall
Yet another app they get you to download it. create an account go through 20 screens and then they hit you with the subscription.
Fair, balanced, and eye opening.
I am a huge fan of Ground News. I’ve grown to trust them to offer access to a broad spectrum of news stories and outlets. I love the fact that they source from worldwide media, and that their app and website are easy to navigate and understand. It’s clear that the so-called Left and Right are being fed news catered to their biases, but at Ground News I can cut through that noise to learn what each side is hearing, and hopefully be better placed to offer both sides when talking with my friends or strangers.
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Great idea, but
I downloaded Ground News as a potential moderate alternative news aggregator after becoming frustrated with the bias of others. I love the idea, but the stories are presented with the left bias articles first. There does not appear to be a way to change this setting. As a consequence, the default doesn’t look all that different from other left leaning sources without a lot of swiping. Allowing users to choose the bias that is presented as the default or simply defaulting to the middle would better align with the mission of the app.
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DO NOT SUBSCRIBE!!!!
I genuinely loved the idea of this, but after accessing the free trial I realized it truly wasn’t worth the money. I cancelled my subscription BEFORE the free trial ended, yet they’re still trying to pull $42 off of my card. I keep my money in a separate account and only move what I need, so I’m now getting “card declined” messages on a daily basis. Since the app runs their subscription through the App Store, I’m now soft banned and can’t update any of my apps because I refuse to pay for a subscription I already cancelled. Absolute scam.
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Frustrating as hell the moment you want to read source article
If the point is to restore credibility to the news by comparing coverage across political views it delivers (for the most part).
But credibility rises and falls on the readers ability to simply visit a source to verify it or research deeper… and her GroundNews fails miserably.
Try using the mobile app to read a GroundNews article and then navigate to an individual article *outside* the app. This journey is an exercise and frustration.
GroundNews wants your data, so they keep you landlocked. They would rather keep you and your data than let you travel freely and the verify sources with ease.
But credibility rises and falls on the readers ability to simply visit a source to verify it or research deeper… and her GroundNews fails miserably.
Try using the mobile app to read a GroundNews article and then navigate to an individual article *outside* the app. This journey is an exercise and frustration.
GroundNews wants your data, so they keep you landlocked. They would rather keep you and your data than let you travel freely and the verify sources with ease.
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