I just deleted the last news app off my tablet. I think that at peak, I had about 7, including RTÉ, BBC, Irish Times, TheJournal.ie, The Guardian.

In every case, the app

1/ added no useful functions over a web browser
2/ omitted some key browser functions, e.g. zoom, select&copy, open in new tab
3/ generated annoying notifications

I was surprised. These apps are expensively built and heavily promoted. Yet in my experience they are crap.

Have I missed something? Does anyone use news apps?

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