Nearly every article i see is ESPN, youtube, or a paid website that forces you to subscribe to read the article. Bring back the (more like this) (hide this source) features. My feed used to consist of medical research, engineering advances, and psychology. This is a laughable selection of preselected articles i have no control over. Restore the previous version's settings if you want consumers to use this again.
The UX is just a joy to use. I've been using this for a week now, and it's gotten me back into reading the news every day. My news consumption went from 0 to checking 2-5x/day.
As I'm already hitting the reading limit for my favorite sources in 1 week, I can see myself actually paying for NYT.
A few features that I adore:
• Headlines shows you the top current headlines
• You can swipe between different sources and see quotes from them
• A US-based news app that let's you view World news easily?! 👏🏼
• For You shows you stories that the algorithm thinks you'll like
• Supports the publisher's reading cap rules (ex. NYT's 5 free articles)
Pros:Feels amazing to use, great news algorithm, ability to follow specific sources and stories
Cons:Optimized for more general news use, but no complaints so far
Curious if this is another example of group think... If it's looking at what my friends do and what I typically do then it'll reinforce that behaviour and I won't learn anything new or have a chance to thin outside of my own sphere of influence. So that's what I question about these types of things - even though I like them (because I'm designed to)
Pros:Slick, Seems relevant
Cons:It's no SIP :D