Not as good as it used to be
Docking two stars: Viewing weekly edition no longer works well without reliable internet connection. Can’t rotate into landscape mode. Too easy to leave app streaming audio when unintended.
audio queue
was it just me or did you take away the function to edit the audio queue? now i can only listen to ALL the weekly articles in YOUR order?
oh i found a workaround. you have to go to each track and press the three dots and add to queue. but now there’s no way to add all tracks in a section together to the queue.
i don’t understand: why did you change it? and it’s now more cumbersome than before.
AAAND all audio tracks are now AI narrated with dubious inflections and pauses. do you really hate the audio feature so much? to many people, this is where the economist stands out: human narrated articles that we can listen to while driving and doing brainless work. if you kill it, i might as well switch to WSJ that comes free from my university.
oh i found a workaround. you have to go to each track and press the three dots and add to queue. but now there’s no way to add all tracks in a section together to the queue.
i don’t understand: why did you change it? and it’s now more cumbersome than before.
AAAND all audio tracks are now AI narrated with dubious inflections and pauses. do you really hate the audio feature so much? to many people, this is where the economist stands out: human narrated articles that we can listen to while driving and doing brainless work. if you kill it, i might as well switch to WSJ that comes free from my university.
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App unusable
Every time I open the app, I am asked to renew. The only option is to click on the link it takes you to the website to renew and I have for three years.
But still when I go back to the app, the pop-up comes and I cannot do anything!!!
But still when I go back to the app, the pop-up comes and I cannot do anything!!!
Audio plays out of order
When the audio version of a story is finished, the app SHOULD play the next story in the issue. Indeed, this is what the app used to do. Now, when a story is finished, it starts playing whatever story you were in the middle of the last time you opened the app. So if I’m listening to a story in the United States section, it then jumps to the middle (not even the beginning) of a story in the Britain section. This is because that’s the story I was listening to the last time I used the app. This bug makes it impossible to listen to the articles in order, which is exactly what I want to do.
I almost exclusively consume the audio version. If this bug isn’t fixed, I will be forced to cancel my subscription.
I almost exclusively consume the audio version. If this bug isn’t fixed, I will be forced to cancel my subscription.
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Account renewal request renders useless
I thought this app was just fine, especially after the improvement where I could sync my saved stories across different devices
But this morning, I get a notification pop-up to renew and I do but it still persists.
After an hour of troubleshooting with support, I basically cannot use the app because the moment I open it, I get the renewal pop-up again even though I’ve paid for three years subscription!
But this morning, I get a notification pop-up to renew and I do but it still persists.
After an hour of troubleshooting with support, I basically cannot use the app because the moment I open it, I get the renewal pop-up again even though I’ve paid for three years subscription!
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