mistersimon
Where do I start in reviewing this dumpster fire? 1) The user interface defaults to the desktop view of all three columns at once. Maybe ok on a 13” iPad, but absolute trash on a phone. Sure I can switch it to one column at a time, but there’s no way to he a single column containing all the article links like we’ve been used to for years.2) The ads. Ads at the top, ads at the bottom, a third of the dang SETTINGS page covered in ads. And heen forbid you actually tap a link; there’s a good chance you will get an ad so large that it covers the entire screen even after zooming out. And you can’t close the ad. You literally he to force quit the app, relaunch, and hope you can open a link without the ad.3) Content. This isn’t specific to this version of the app, per se, but it seems worse than before. The most click-baity headlines from UK gossip rags I’ve ever seen. Sites that are 80% ads and 20% AI slop articles.4) Timely updates are a joke - Did you read about the quake in Japan yesterday? No? Because it never made the headlines despite every other news source covering it. We get stale headlines that sit there for 24 hours+ If you want news I recommend any other app out there. If you want to give your phone cancer from garbage sites, all while lining Matt’s pockets with ad revenue then, by all means, use this new app.