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  • Apple looks to rejigger Apple News+ as publishers carp over low revenues, 'unfinished' pro...

    There is a lot of good content, and reasonable value.
    But several things are detracting:
    • the differentiation between paid & free content needs better differentiation
    • the included magazines have newer content available from their sites, which are paywalled, and when I tried to find those newer stories on Apple News+, they aren't there. This may discourage some new subscribers.
    • finding a cover story for a magazine should be easier, or when we click on a story link, it should always go to that story.
    • iPhone content UI is OK, and improving. The content on the Mac is of course easier to read, but the user experience has been clunky.
    • Overall, it still doesn't feel like a magazine rack (yet). 
    • Selecting too many categories will cause some duplication & confusion. Maybe the categories should be reduced, or somehow explain that most of that content is always available under an already selected category.
    • The comments here about non-USA publications need to be addressed. 
    • Keeping publishers on-board is top priority for AN+ to be a success.
    • Running AN+ with a deficit budget for even a couple of years would mirror the track record of some of the most successful magazines over the decades.
    • Very high profile publications (NYT, WaPo, etc.) may need a lot of convincing if they ever come on board. There's still plenty of good value.
    matrix077GeorgeBMacpalomine
  • Compared: Apple Watch Series 5 versus Apple Watch Series 4

    I'm still on the original Series 0 (Zero). I'm continuing to hold out until blood pressure monitoring becomes available. This could be a sea change in healthcare. Didn't Apple patent something on this?
    airnerdjahblade