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Really trying hard to push their paywall on users. Seems like over half of its content is for “subscribers only” these days. Never used to be like that. If you’re going to create content exclusively for subscribers it should only be that that is not relevant news to the average consumer. I find it ridiculous that there is even one piece of news blocked pertaining to COVID-19. Crazy but USA Today has put COVID articles behind its paywall. You would think regardless of the contents, COVID articles, should be available to EVERYONE. American corporate greed shining through hard. I do not use any social media because I believe it has been the stagnant slow death of the world. Literally useless. People who don’t receive their “news” from social media should have FREE access to whatever is considered news these days. I would hardly pay a dollar for the subscribers only content per year let alone 50 dollars plus for a year. Absolutely insane. Who knew in 2021 you would have to “struggle” to obtain relevant news without paying. Do better USA Today. I used to love this app. Now I despise every time I have to scroll through multiple subscribers only articles to reach access to free ones. Get a clue and separate the subscribers content elsewhere. Don’t waste non-subscribers time.

This used to be my favorite app. I would spend every morning over coffee reading many of the articles, which were well written, with just about the best political position. Certainly not conservative, but also not too liberal. Awhile back they offered the opportunity to pay a monthly charge not to be bothered by advertisements. I didn’t do that, mainly because with internet, television, and all the other related charges I felt there was already more money goring out then good coming in. I could, and did deal with the ads. Now, the next step is not letting me open the articles I want. More and more I get a banner that says I must be a member, and pay money, to read that article. That doesn’t set right with me. I’m sure the response is going to be that they need money to operate. I’m sure there is some truth to that, the same truth that all CEO’s of large corporations, like Facebook, Amazon’s, Microsoft, need enough money to buy half a dozen huge houses around the country. Not a good path we are going down. Besides, the pure magic of the internet has a lot to do with it originally being developed by the common nerd, for common people, and the good of civilization. True news is one of the most important aspects of the net. It shouldn’t be limited for profit.

It used to be my first stop, my number one app for literally years. Then they started charging a subscription to give you access to some articles, that was fine, I understand why. Some of the articles seemed great and I did consider subscribing, but it was just way too expensive especially when compared to other premium news apps. Still, I generally kept it as my first stop. Then, over the past year or so they have become increasingly aggressive about pushing the subscription service. Pop up’s and push overs on almost every article, every time. It’s like playing one of those annoying freemium games where it’s interrupted with an ad every 5 seconds. And here’s the funny thing: I actually didn’t mind the actual advertisements on the site ever, like the real ads. They had an ok mix. But It’s the constant house ads that are relentlessly pushing the subscription service that has made this app unusable. I have several news apps on my phone and I pay for two, but after the way this app has evolved I would never shell out for it. Sentimental perhaps, because I used to enjoy the print edition when I traveled more, and I read the app every day for literally years. But I was sad to delete it today.