“This story is being previewed exclusively on Apple News until Tuesday”

Post by rimantas » Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 11:45 AM UTC

kaolinite wrote: post #125

beedogs wrote: post #115

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It doesn't. So very few of those auto-installed apps ever see any use. iTunes (or "Apple Music", or whatever it's called now) might be the only exception.

Maybe for you (and me too) but for the general public, the default apps are used a hell of a lot. 50% of users use the default notes app[1], for example. Apple Maps (which based on the press, many might assume isn't used at all) has 3.5x the usage of Google Maps[1]. I don't know whether there are any other stats out there, but I suspect that for most people, there's no need to install a custom podcast app, for exampl…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 12:15 PM UTC

rimantas wrote: post #149

exodust wrote: post #106

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"It's brilliant" Locking away articles in native apps so people can't block ads isn't brilliant. Apple encouraging ad blocking on the web to "nudge" publishers into their exclusive native eco-system is nothing but typical tech giant arrogance. Wired publishing stories that when clicked from Google go to place-holders with pointers to native should be penalised by Google search, and I hope they are. There is nothing o…

I don't get it. Firefox and Chrome had ability to install ad blockers for ages. As soon as Apple adds this to iOS they are sudenly the bad gays. And before they did add this I am sure there were those not happy about that and ranting about the walled garden. One more thing about accessibility: iOS is head and sholders above pretty much each "modern" this site in this regard.

Post by shade23 » Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 12:43 PM UTC

Post by AlexC04 » Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 12:49 PM UTC

JohnTHaller wrote: post #74

SyneRyder wrote: post #33

This could backfire. Surely this should result in a Google penalty against Wired.com for publishing thin content? https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2604719?hl=en If Wired wants the article to be exclusive on Apple News, fine, but in that case it should not be on the website. Keep it exclusively on Apple News. There is no content on this page beyond a headline.

Google should penalize sites that do that exactly the way they are penalizing sites with banners telling visitors to get their app. If you want your content on the web and have the benefits of it being on the web (searchable, linkable, etc) put it on the web. If you want it "exclusively on Apple News", put it there. But you shouldn't get to have your cake and eat it too.

Post by a3_nm » Mon, Sep 21, 2015, 12:55 PM UTC

bandicity wrote: post #40

burntwater wrote: post #17

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Quora permanently lost me several years ago when they suddenly forced me to select five categories of interest before I could continue to the question I was interested in. Forcing me to do something I have no interest in and will never make use of is a good way to alienate me.

Quora requires registration to simply read it. That's at least going to lose them viewers who don't want to bother.